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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
yup
“Why should a middle-class nurse pay a larger share of her paycheck than a wealthy corporate lawyer? This is doubly unfair in an economy in which top earners’ wages, over time, have pulled far ahead of those of the average worker.
According to one estimate, eliminating the payroll tax cap would inject around $3 trillion into the program over the next 10 years. Lifting the cap so that all income is treated the same would generate substantial revenue that would extend the solvency of Social Security for another generation.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/opinion/moreno-warren-social-security.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share