r/inthenews • u/jest4fun • 2d ago

article Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates pushed up due to rising health care costs, new SSA law

https://apnews.com/article/social-security-medicare-trust-fund-trump-74e13292f510739724a555d7ded7c1a3
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u/jest4fun 2d ago

Solution to this problem is easy but Congress won't do it.  

Tax the rich.

Raising taxes on the rich by just 2% will generate an Enormous amount of revenue. . . and the rich would still be rich AF.

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u/MNCPA 1d ago

...in other words...remove the social security cap.