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In reply to the discussion: It's not 3 dimensional chess. It's a kick to the gut. [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)OBAMA REJECTED IT. HE SAID HIS PROPOSAL WAS TO RAISE THE CAP ON THE AMOUNT OF INCOME THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY TAX.
There is no crisis in the Social Security Trust Fund. (And yes, by law, it very definitely exists. The Secretary of the Treasury is supposed to be protecting it.) And if there were one, the answer would be to raise the cap.
If people feel uncomfortable about the future of Social Security, they should raise the cap.
Generations of Americans will pay a terrible price for these proposed cuts. AND THEY WILL HAPPEN.
The entire developed world is under attack from Fascists who want to destroy the safety nets that keep the middle class living in dignity to the end of life. The rich want to impose the burden of caring for elderly, living parents on the children of those parents. The rich hide their money in tax havens around the world, buy yachts and mansions in out-of-the-way places that you and I never see.
Even the Obama children -- just kids -- get to spend their vacation in one of these otherworldly resorts.
Meanwhile, people in nursing homes receive inadequate care, and we are not adequately addressing the problem of dementia in the elderly.
What kind of country are we that we have the money to keep troops in South Korea for some 70 years now but don't have the money to pay Social Security benefits that keep up with inflation?