[quote=poorgradstudent][quote=UCGal]
We hear how Social Security is broke… yet they cut the employee contributions by 2% to stimulate the economy. We need to stop that. How do you fix Social Security while simultaneously cutting the revenue to pay for it? Obviously the goal is to eliminate it – but no one will say so. Raise the SS deductions back to their previous levels – and raise the annual income threshold. Do the COLA fix to reduce the increase to SS each year. That’s a good start.[/quote]
Social Security is not “broke”.
The government has been borrowing from SS for years to pay for things like unfinanced wars. Really, the government owes SS, not the other way around.[/quote]
Maybe going over the fiscal cliff will be the best thing ever to happen to this country.
