[catnipman]

“How about removing the cap. Why not pay SS on all income, not just the first 130K...or whatever it is.”

at which point SS would become just another redistributionist income tax, taxing the rich and paying the poor, because they won’t remove the payout cap when they remove the tax cap.

[MileHi]

at which point SS would become just another redistributionist income tax, taxing the rich and paying the poor, because they won’t remove the payout cap when they remove the tax cap.

Exactly