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President Biden says he’ll veto any cuts to Social Security or
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If you get your news from CNN or The Washington Post, you’d think
that’s the entire range of policy options open to Congress as it faces
a rapidly approaching deadline over lifting the debt ceiling or
defaulting on the federal debt.

What absolute nonsense.

Has anyone noticed that right now, nearly half of all seniors have no
savings and are trying to survive on an income of less than $25,000 a
year? Meanwhile, billionaire CEOs are paying the same amount into Social
Security as school teachers and nurses.

By simply lifting the cap on the maximum amount of income subject to the
Social Security payroll tax, we could increase Social Security benefits
by $2,400 a year AND fully fund the program until the year 2096.

This proposal, which progressives like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth
Warren have touted for years, is supported by 8 in 10 Americans, but
utterly ignored by the corporate media.

This is why independent media like Common Dreams is so crucial—and why
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