For the same reason we don't have a universal healthcare system. For the same reason the 'labor class' regardless of where you fall within that spectrum ENDLESSLY supports and enriches the multi-millionaire/ billionaire owner-class through continuous purposeful debt-slavery. That's the system.

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There is a super simple solution: Take away Congress member's ability to participate in the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) and make them rely on Social Security when they retire. BOOM! Problem solved.

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If you listen to the Planet Money podcast, they evaluate all kinds of Social Security tweaks that would keep it solvent. IMO greatly raising or removing the ~&185K salary cap would be key.

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Like maybe not giving tax cuts to billionaires? Or making them pay into ss on a million a year not 164k

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It’s not an issue of Congress “keeping their hands off of our Social Security”. It’s an issue of Congress growing a spine and getting off their fat asses to implement any of a number of possible solutions before the SS Trust Fund goes dry in 2033: www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...

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