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re: Mike Johnson is a clown

Posted on 6/20/26 at 7:26 am to
Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
5101 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 7:26 am to
There are more alternatives than just raising the retirement age. Any real fix should included multiple elements:
1. raise retirement age
2. Increase the cap on taxable income. I believe it is about $184k now.
3. COLA - cap this do that it can never be above 2%.
4. Require over payments to be paid back in one year. Right now, overpayments can be paid back at 10% per month, sometimes taking 5-10 years to pay back. Overpayment occur when somebody takes early retirement benefits at the age of 62 for a reduced monthly benefits payout, yet it still working.
5. Means testing (this won't be popular here). As an example, somebody with, say 3 million in cash assets had their monthly benefit reduced at a much higher percentage than someone else.
5.
Posted by FlyDownTheField83
Auburn AL
Member since Dec 2021
1811 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:33 am to
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The only alternative to increasing the retirement age is to increase the payroll tax


The only people that think this are either brainwashed or have a head too small to hold more than two binary simpleton thoughts,…..which is it with you?
Posted by Boss
Member since Dec 2007
1879 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:46 am to
Eliminating the cap could generate 400-450billion a year which closes 70% of the gap. As someone who has a household where both salaries are over 184500, it would suck but I think it is the only solution.
Posted by mfabache
Member since Jan 2022
94 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:49 am to
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It has to happen. Simple as that.


Agreed.

Its not sustainable.

Rid the National Debt, and no income tax. The National Debt is our biggest crisis. SS is a drain on it...
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
58768 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:49 am to
You flunked math didn't you?
Posted by SquatchDawg
Cohutta Wilderness
Member since Sep 2012
20602 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 8:58 am to
What pisses me off is they won’t spend an ounce of energy putting systems in place to make sure that everyone receiving federal benefits are eligible and not ripping us off. They also won’t do anything budget wise to restrict spending or eliminate fraud and waste in Federal spending.

Do that before you start peeling back benefits.
Posted by theballguy
HSV (Dealing only in satire)
Member since Oct 2011
40778 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 9:08 am to
All of the trolls and fu's to everyone is nice and all but if you can't execute, that makes you even more inept than Democrats. I think our country is just DONE.
Posted by DeplorableTerrorizer
Member since Nov 2025
352 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 9:20 am to
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Refund all of us to the penny and cancel it all together.


Honestly. Im 44, if they never made me pay in another cent they can keep what I've paid and ill never ask for a dime.

It should be voluntary
Posted by ManBearSharkReb
Member since Dec 2018
7197 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 9:21 am to
Haha now they’re pissing off the boomers. They won’t have anyone left.
Posted by dafif
Member since Jan 2019
8622 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 12:37 pm to
quote:

It was never designed as a retirement system


It was never designed as a fraud system including welfare Medicare, Medicaid, SSI, SSD

Posted by Barstools
Atlanta
Member since Jan 2016
12112 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 12:47 pm to
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say this as a 3x trump voter


This phrase needs to go away.
Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
16851 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 1:31 pm to
It’s math

People living longer, changes the calculus

Maybe you’re the clown. Because you don’t understand math
Posted by ShakeandBake
Member since Aug 2019
1246 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 2:04 pm to
Agreed. Would rather see this than raise the retirement age again.
Posted by Hayekian serf
GA
Member since Dec 2020
4290 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 2:07 pm to
Instead of just being honest and telling everyone under the age of 40 they aren’t getting social security
Posted by Gus007
TN
Member since Jul 2018
14921 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 2:28 pm to
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Hoping you die before you get them or die soon after.



The old "Farts" no longer have any value. They can't work. Send the money to Israel to buy arms.

Illegals are starving, they need those Social Security funds.
This post was edited on 6/20/26 at 2:30 pm
Posted by La Place Mike
West Florida Republic
Member since Jan 2004
31741 posts
Posted on 6/20/26 at 2:45 pm to
Mike Johnson is a queer.

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