Bernie Sanders on Social Security:

[applegrove]

Trump puppets would rather raise your retirement age than raise taxes on billionaires who pay the same SS rate as middle‑class workers. That’s the scam.

We can keep Social Security strong by asking the wealthy to pay more, not by cutting what you earned. #HandsOffSocialSecurity

— Donna Stern (@dvsmemphis.bsky.social) 2026-06-18T18:05:11.033Z

[Emile]

1. K & R

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread applegrove

[applegrove]

4. De rien,

[Uncle Joe]

5. ...

[Cirsium]

3. Not quite

The cap means that billionaires do not "pay the same SS rate as middle‑class workers." Donna Stern gets it wrong.

Sanders has it right. "A trillionaire pays the same amount onto Social Security as someone making $184,500."