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D_Master81

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5. I've never understood

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 01:06 PM

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Never have understood why we stop paying into social security at 170,000. If they want to leave the employer match there maybe but why not up that to 500,000 or 1 million? There’s a lot of problems that could be helped by doing this

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What the data says about Social Security, from Pew Research [View all] CousinIT Sunday OP

What the people want no longer matters. It is what a couple hundred people want that wins the day. Midnight Writer Sunday #1

Exactly correct Iamscrewed Sunday #3

Social Security has a 2.7 trillion dollar surplus Blue Full Moon Sunday #2

You bet. They want to dump it into some billionaires' pockets. Like private equity goon.. CousinIT Sunday #4

I've never understood D_Master81 Sunday #5