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Your Social Security benefits could be cut by a quarter in 2032. Here’s what to know (www.pbs.org)

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The fact that rich people stop paying into it is so stupid.

It should be progressive. The first $x you make aren't taxed at all, then the next bucket at a small percent, then a larger percent, and so on.

Instead if you're income-rich you just get a bump to your take home pay partway through the year.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago

seriously. we are supposed to have a progressive tax systems but things like this actually lower taxes and its keyed to happen just past the point anyone working would be effected. So usually tacked to just above what like a doctor makes.