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TBF

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8. Social Security - I will say it - Raise the Cap
Sat Apr 6, 2024, 10:31 AM
Apr 2024

that would be day one and the uber wealthy republicans will scream bloody murder, but it needs to be done. And you know the billionaires will scream the loudest. I really don't care if they threaten to leave the country, personally I can't think of anything better than Elon Musk leaving. Now he's down here in Texas mucking things up, and Abbott is such a putz that he's going to do whatever Elon wants.

So, anyway, I digressed there but the message is simple - raise the cap. Everyone should pay the percentage on their income & get their checks when they turn 65 or whatever age it is now. But they should pay on all their income, it's only fair.

You are spot on OP, there are a lot of folks hurting re groceries, gas etc - and they will just strike out and vote for the other party (no matter that the others will hurt them even worse).

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Liberals Need to Be Radicals [View all] Autumn Apr 2024 OP
K & R Celerity Apr 2024 #1
K&R Doc Sportello Apr 2024 #2
That's the GrOPper's #1 fear. Hugin Apr 2024 #3
Your point is so excellent! arthritisR_US Apr 2024 #21
Stoke the woke DoBW Apr 2024 #4
Clinton, Obama and Biden are "complicit"..... brooklynite Apr 2024 #5
Yeah, it's been working so well. Except for the part where Autumn Apr 2024 #9
Joe Biden: "I'm a Capitalist" brooklynite Apr 2024 #13
And all capitalists are the same. progressoid Apr 2024 #16
Not really. Many capitalists believe in a regulated market. haele Apr 2024 #22
Agreed. progressoid Apr 2024 #23
Did he say that before or after he and Bernie got Big Pharma to lower the costs on several drugs? Autumn Apr 2024 #17
"COMPLICIT! Why Democrats allowed the world to change after the American post-war boom period." betsuni Apr 2024 #24
It needs to be repeated Sympthsical Apr 2024 #6
+1 And lets stop gloating about the stock market. progressoid Apr 2024 #15
we clutch our pearls like the best of them dembotoz Apr 2024 #7
Not a chance, especially if we lived in a MAGAt infested area, that we would advert ourselves as Dems via signage. Celerity Apr 2024 #14
i remember as a county chair a member came up to me and told me dembotoz Apr 2024 #18
Social Security - I will say it - Raise the Cap TBF Apr 2024 #8
The saddest part is that we have to think, discuss and be concerned about the future of SS and Medicare. Hope22 Apr 2024 #12
I know. Those "nice", "get along" patterns need to go. ananda Apr 2024 #10
I agree. sop Apr 2024 #11
I wrote something similar a while back B.See Apr 2024 #19
At the moment, I'll be immensely relieved as long as Biden gets a second term, no matter what he does with it Silent3 Apr 2024 #20
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