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Right-wing billionaires have long wanted to shred the safety net. Under Trump, they’re using lies and fears over the deficit to debilitate Social Security.

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[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

If elected, my plan for saving social security:

  1. Remove the cap on social security withholding.

  2. Include capital gains in income for social security withholding purposes.

  3. Include unrealized capital gains in income for social security withholding purposes.