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Bayard

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11. Agreed

Reply to FalloutShelter (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 02:51 PM

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I'm sick of hearing about SS going bankrupt when there are plenty of millionaires/billionaires collecting it. I bet trump does!

This also sounds like another ploy to privatize it, or change it in some idiotic way.

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Social Security retirement trust fund may be depleted in 2032, new trustees report finds [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday OP

Call your congresscritters... FalloutShelter Tuesday #1

Unless democrats retake Congress we have no chance questionseverything Tuesday #3

Call 'em anyway and FalloutShelter Tuesday #4

Always. Pester the hell out of them! pat_k Tuesday #8

That's great! FalloutShelter Tuesday #9

Thanks for posting. yellow dahlia Tuesday #10

The squeaky wheel gets the grease. republianmushroom 14 hrs ago #23

Agreed Bayard Tuesday #11

What would the date be if Congress lifts the cap on Social Security contributions? SamuelAdams Tuesday #2

Unless we manage to impeach and remove the felon AND co-conspirator Vance in 2027... pat_k Tuesday #6

Infinity Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #14

Infinity............. Bengus81 14 hrs ago #25

Oh, that's nice, two years after I start collecting at age 70. pat_k Tuesday #5

Last year the date was 2033 mdbl Tuesday #7

SS has to take inflation (including tariff costs) into consideration when projecting COLA adjustments. eppur_se_muova Tuesday #21

COLA dweller 14 hrs ago #26

REPUBLICANS have been blocking for DECADES of self rule of Social Security funds to advance non-rich people or the term dave99 Tuesday #12

The GOP's "fix" will be, of course, to cut benefits. LudwigPastorius Tuesday #13

As a millenial, I don't expect to ever get Luciferous Tuesday #15

That's exactly what the GOPigs want you to think mdbl 15 hrs ago #22

Longer than that. When I started working full time out of HS in 1971 I remember well Bengus81 14 hrs ago #24

Increase maximum limit of Social Security bmichaelh Tuesday #16

What our Government owes Social Security. Most important info chouchou Tuesday #17

Bullshit. Tax the damn rich. Scrivener7 Tuesday #18

Been hearing this ever since FDR orangecrush Tuesday #19

LIFT... THE.... CAP!! QueerDuck Tuesday #20

Eliminate the cap. mobeau69 13 hrs ago #27

Glad to hear someone finally talking about it. GoodRaisin 12 hrs ago #28

Someone making $5M per year would have to pony up around $300k more Bengus81 11 hrs ago #29