Two other solutions:
Print money to pay which may cause inflation
Sell assets to make payments.
Goverment land, oil/ mineral rights
What do Rome, the British Empire, and now the US have in common? Empires that are too costly to maintain and besides that create a flow of people from the conquered lands. Until and unless the US gets back to being a nation with well-defined borders and a stable, productive citizenry we can't be saved as a nation.
How about removing the cap. Why not pay SS on all income, not just the first 130K...or whatever it is.
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Two other solutions:
Print money to pay which may cause inflation
Sell assets to make payments.
Goverment land, oil/ mineral rights
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Aside from postal roads, forts, etc. the govt owns NOTHING to sell. Now, if we were to close down the palaces of govt, since those unconstitutional agencies/dept. are shut-down\defunded....
Those land/oil/mineral/etc. rights belong to the State(s) where they reside.
Printing money is the definition of inflation.