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Message: <blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 813286" data-attributes="member: 29553"><p>Wrong on social security.  Without even fixing Social security, it is fine til 2039.  After 2039, the govt can still pay 75% of what it owes out until 2100!!  So in order to fix the problem, all you need to do is raise the cap on the amount of income which is taxable .  Today it is about $100,000.  So if I am making $100,000 /yr, all of my income is taxed at 6% while Bill Gates only gets taxed on his FIRST $100,000 at 6%!!  So both of us pay $6000/yr towards Social security.  If you raise that cap big time, the short fall goes away.</p></blockquote><p></p>