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Also, this thread is no longer about what is happening with social security. If some want to go on and on about investing, the mods...

No matter the original intent of SS, that is no longer the expectation. Forty years of stagnating wages helped cause the SS evolution...

And what was corporate pay raises during this time?

Wait, pay raises are a real thing? I thought that was just something used in movies and such...

You continue to post responses that have nothing to do with what I'm driving at - it's called gaslighting as I'm sure you're aware...

Fine but that still doesn't address the fact of eliminating the cap. That's my complaint. If that was done there wouldn't be any...

Let's see what mpruet has to say in reponse!

Income from rent, certain types of royalties, capital gains and dividends are not subject to FICA taxes. FICA taxes are paid on all...

Hardly, otherwise there wouldn't be a cap.

I do want America to be great, just as I do the rest of the world.

For the most part you're describing a homesteader, not today's corporate farmer. Even the smallest businesses have a model whereby they...

I believe we discussed this earlier in the thread. There are just too many loopholes for the wealthiest to define earnings or salaries...

Would you feel better if I worded it "Contribute on every dollar reported as income"?

Whatever you call it, I don't want to lose it to maga

Make wage earners pay into SS on EVERY dollar earned, no cap!