The only solution is some mix of: * Cut benefits * Raise the tax rate * Raise the cap * Raise the full retirement age * Throw in money from the general fund Every single one of those is "on the backs of recipients" since everyone is either a current or future recipient.

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He’s a work of art. Tommy not so much l

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This is an amazing exchange. Extremely well handled by El-Sayed.

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And then, everywhere else, are all these loose and often undiscovered genetic ties between people who society says are of different “races” but are in many cases not-too-distant cousins. A person can be of any complexion and have third or fourth cousins who are on the other end of the color scale.

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So everywhere are black folks who have European ancestry in recent generations. And in the hotbed of the Confederacy, the places where racial hatred ran hottest, are a lot of white folks who, often unknown to them, have recent African ancestry. In SC and LA it’s about one out of every ten.

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