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The pressure is increasing on the rethug obstructionist (Original Post) Beachnutt Jan 2023 OP
Interesting. Hope22 Jan 2023 #1
Really? He said that? progressoid Jan 2023 #4
Here... Hope22 Jan 2023 #5
Thanks. Wonder if he would actually follow through on that. progressoid Jan 2023 #6
These "extraordinary measures" have been employed numerous times over the last decade tritsofme Jan 2023 #2
just do it republianmushroom Jan 2023 #3

Hope22

(4,883 posts)
1. Interesting.
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 03:08 PM
Jan 2023

Congress will certainly hear those phones ringing! Also Manchin says the easiest solution to the SS/ Medicare problem is to raise the cap! OMG, the first time ever I have heard anything sensible out of the man’s mouth!

Hope22

(4,883 posts)
5. Here...
Wed Jan 25, 2023, 12:56 AM
Jan 2023

The senator indicated he was open to raising the income cap for Social Security taxes.

“I’m open to basically raising – the easiest and quickest thing we can do is raise the cap,” he said.



https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/22/politics/joe-manchin-debt-ceiling-cnntv/index.html

tritsofme

(19,933 posts)
2. These "extraordinary measures" have been employed numerous times over the last decade
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 03:11 PM
Jan 2023

They will only feel the pressure as these measures come close to exhaustion.

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