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23. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Thu Jun 11, 2026, 11:35 AM

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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 7 hrs ago #23

Agreed Bayard Tuesday #11

Infinity Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #14

Infinity............. Bengus81 7 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

COLA dweller 6 hrs ago #26

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 8 hrs ago #22

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 6 hrs ago #27

Glad to hear someone finally talking about it. GoodRaisin 5 hrs ago #28

Someone making $5M per year would have to pony up around $300k more Bengus81 4 hrs ago #29