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Social Security can be saved. Scrap the cap!
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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2026
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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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I disagree with the "based on need". That's "means testing", and converts the program from a simple social entitlement program into charity. It immediately builds in resentment for "successful" people being compelled to support "failures". Means Testing is the underlying problem that creates and systematically oppresses the poverty class.
Social security should be provided equally to every person of "retirement age", regardless of need or whether they have actually retired or are continuing to work.
Social Security should be moving toward becoming Universal Basic Income.