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markodochartaigh

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31. This is not accurate:

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 02:02 PM

Jan 28

"However, it’s still a great reminder for soon-to-be retirees to not rely completely on that monthly check. Save in your 401k and IRA with the anticipation Social Security may be cut to make sure you’ll have enough to cover any possible funding gap."

It is NOT a reminder for soon-to-be retirees. It is a reminder for people who have more than a decade left to retire, or the few who are soon to retire who are in the top 10% and can afford to throw wads of cash towards retirement. The great majority of soon-to-be retirees cannot afford to put enough towards retirement in their final decade of working to make up that difference.

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Seniors on Social Security Could Face $460 Monthly Cut to Benefits - Republicans are fine with that. [View all] CousinIT Jan 28 OP

CUT THE CRAP...RAISE THE CAP... FalloutShelter Jan 28 #1

Very catchy! PatSeg Jan 28 #10

Eliminate the cap. mobeau69 Jan 28 #14

Here's another cap to get rid of. Beartracks Jan 28 #33

Kill the cap! Americanme Jan 28 #20

Cap and crap maliaSmith Jan 28 #21

I like that! Good campaign slogan! n/t CousinIT Jan 28 #34

Like most problems, the longer we wait to fix it, the worse it will be. Midnight Writer Jan 28 #2

Must we not forget, popsdenver Jan 28 #23

Liars. Raise the cap. I am certain Elon and the rest of these greed-bags would travelingthrulife Jan 28 #3

Eliminate the cap. mobeau69 Jan 28 #15

The wealthy need another tax cut. So they raid the Emile Jan 28 #4

Along with popsdenver Jan 28 #24

Yep. Nasty ole social Darwinists. The masters of social engineering Gum Logger Jan 28 #29

Trump is still pissed off popsdenver Jan 28 #32

Sometimes, I wonder if Republicans came from another planet? chouchou Jan 28 #5

Planet Greed, Ruled By The God Mammon. ColoringFool Jan 28 #16

Save into your IRA and 401K...if your job barely pays renting from a slumlord? haele Jan 28 #6

The entire Trump crime syndicate are billionaires. They have no CLUE CousinIT Jan 28 #35

Basically popsdenver Jan 29 #37

If they do Rebl2 Jan 28 #7

Cut someone's social security by fifty percent and that someone will go to DC and shoot someone responsible in the head. pecosbob Jan 28 #8

+1 They'd better outlaw public weapons first leftstreet Jan 28 #11

I know at least four people who will do exactly that 31st Street Bridge Jan 28 #30

Why do you think that popsdenver Jan 29 #38

Go for it orangecrush Jan 28 #9

Also popsdenver Jan 28 #25

Another bad economic policy Johonny Jan 28 #12

Our waiting for the trust fund crisis is political malpractice gulliver Jan 28 #13

The main reason Social Security is in trouble, dugog55 Jan 28 #17

HWBush was running things for 12 long years popsdenver Jan 28 #27

Easy-Peasy. After All, Meals Cost Only $3.00. ColoringFool Jan 28 #18

Unless we elect a progressive president in 2028, and the senate kills the filibuster, they will wait to fix Fiendish Thingy Jan 28 #19

There will may well be a systemic problem with a Democratic Caucus-controlled Senate IF this attempt at a centrist wave Celerity Jan 29 #39

The oligarchs know the populist pendulum is swinging leftward Fiendish Thingy Jan 29 #40

You damn old people are getting all my money! Wonder Why Jan 28 #22

Democrats should put fixing timms139 Jan 28 #26

But this won't effect Elon's tax cut, right? OH DEAR JESUS PLEASE CONFIRM THAT ELON WILL BE OK. Miles Archer Jan 28 #28

This is not accurate: markodochartaigh Jan 28 #31

Raise the cap to include the effect of all inflation in necessities snot Jan 28 #36

Eliminate the cap for individuals, but keep it for businesses on their American employees. roamer65 Jan 29 #41