Comment Re:Delaying the inevitable (Score 1) 52
It is not a Ponzi scheme and never was, where did you get that dumb idea? What you are whining about is the decrease in youngins paying into the system. It seems Americans are not fucking like they used to and a good number of them somehow think that immigrant dogs and cats are coming here and eating the native population.....errrr.....well, it is something like that.....I recall words to that effect in the last election.....or maybe it is because boys are going to school and coming home as girls. These and other brain-damaged ideas were brought to you by Dear Leader. That last idea is a doozy; these and others are from the whack-job Americans thought they wanted in the last election.
One easy fix for social security is to allow in more immigrants. You know the ones, the ones already here are cowering in fear from la Presidenta's Geheime StaatsPolizei, look it up if it doesn't ring a bell, but maybe they'll come by and ring yours before too long. Be sure your papers are in order; your neighbors might be prepared to denounce you.
There are other fixes, as someone below me mentioned, we could remove the cap on pay used to calculate Soc. Sec. payments (currently $184,500 but will rise to $192,300 in 2027). We can increase the ages at which soc. sec. starts. But we'd have to be careful with that one. Someone banging on a keyboard all day will be in better shape at 65 that someone working construction. We can also increase modestly the tax rate for Soc. Sec. and Medicare
We can also means test Soc. Sec. If you are sitting on a bundle, then you are already getting income from the rest of America through investments. Being rich does not mean you are special. it only means you are rich.
