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Grins

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8. NO!!!!!

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Wed Oct 21, 2020, 02:25 PM

Oct 2020

Raising the cap to $400k is just a bandaid.

Pull the cap completely. Don’t have a cap at all!

Republicans only want tax cuts and would shit a tire iron before raising income taxes to pay the General obligations of government. So rather than do that, they have been borrowing SS money to pay those obligations. Meaning, those above the cap have not had to pay for the things that benefit us all. Those under the cap did! Raising the cap to $400k just means those making more than that are let off the hook.

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Biden's Social Security and SSI plan would lift 1.4 million out of poverty, study finds [View all] SheltieLover Oct 2020 OP

This needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Daily! FM123 Oct 2020 #1

All seniors should vote for Joe & Kamala for this reason alone. KS Toronado Oct 2020 #2

K&R So many people are suffering right now. BeckyDem Oct 2020 #3

Kick Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #4

K&R Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #5

I dont know why its been so hard to raise the cap. oldsoftie Oct 2020 #6

He is doing more then just removing the cap. OneCrazyDiamond Oct 2020 #7

Yeah--so unfair. Those same people who now make over $137,000 panader0 Oct 2020 #21

NO!!!!! Grins Oct 2020 #8

Yep...it STILL favors the richest of the rich. WHY??? Those FUCKS can pay on ALL their income Bengus81 Oct 2020 #11

The benefit amount a person gets is related to what they paid in tormadjax Oct 2020 #16

Wrong. There is a maximum that Social Security will pay to anyone regardless of income Bengus81 Oct 2020 #19

No. The benefit amount is tied to the income that SS taxes are laid upon tormadjax Oct 2020 #23

So you say no even if thats the best he can do? oldsoftie Oct 2020 #13

Agreed Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #17

I'm with you. But every time I suggest that, people here go nuts. oldsoftie Oct 2020 #24

I don't buy it either Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #25

YES! No cap at all! Rebl2 Oct 2020 #15

KNR Lucinda Oct 2020 #9

And Trump's defunding of SS will throw tens of millions INTO poverty. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #10

It will make most have to sell their home--paid for or not Bengus81 Oct 2020 #12

Agreed, Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #18

You ever checked into AAG and those RM?? Bengus81 Oct 2020 #20

No, I never checked into them as I figured they were a scam from the get-go Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #22

Absolutely! Rebl2 Oct 2020 #14