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re: The payroll income cap increases every year. Why is SS going broke?

Posted on 4/3/24 at 2:45 pm to
Posted by armtackledawg
Member since Aug 2017
11984 posts
Posted on 4/3/24 at 2:45 pm to
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Originally it was designed as a retirement insurance program. In order for it to get Republican votes, they had to make everyone paying in eligible for benefits. Now that it's broken, they need to remove that requirement that everyone is eligible and just means test. There is no reason that people like Donald Trump, Warren Buffet, Elon Musk, Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos need to be taking Social Security when they retire. NONE.


For retirement, you aren't insuring anything other than a lack of responsibility for saving for retirement. Not something that is out of a person's control (like true insurance). Using the most extreme examples does not make it a better or more justified idea.

And I know what you really mean by "means test" - anyone who has saved 10% more than me.
Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
44071 posts
Posted on 4/3/24 at 3:00 pm to
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saving for retirement.

People lose their savings all the time.
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Not something that is out of a person's control

So, you control the stock market, do you?
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Using the most extreme examples does not make it a better or more justified idea.

Being totally ignorant of history is not a valid argument.
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