kebab@endlesstalk.org to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoSocial Security recipients set to face an $18,000 benefit cut in just seven yearswww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSocial Security recipients set to face an $18,000 benefit cut in just seven yearswww.axios.comkebab@endlesstalk.org to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoExactly. SS is the easiest problem in DC to solve. They don’t have to remove the cap, just raise it. Right now, it’s around $167K. Just raise it to $250K, or $500K, or $1 million. That would make it solvent again for decades.
minus-squareburgerpocalyse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agowe could just remove the cap and never worry about it again for as long as we can avoid dying from extreme weather
Exactly. SS is the easiest problem in DC to solve.
They don’t have to remove the cap, just raise it. Right now, it’s around $167K. Just raise it to $250K, or $500K, or $1 million. That would make it solvent again for decades.
we could just remove the cap and never worry about it again for as long as we can avoid dying from extreme weather