• Jackthelad@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    People on Lemmy will tell you it’s going to disappear because orange man wants to kill everyone, or something.

    What is likely to happen is nothing.

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      8 hours ago

      Please understand that “nothing” means the built up surplus runs out and there will be not enough money to pay all benefits.

      The smart and easy fix would be to raise the cap on ss taxes while flattening the “you deserve more money because you made more money when you were working” weirdness.

      Instead, they’ll likely either do nothing and force the dems to fix it in four years, play with benefits to make the poor suffer, or try and replace it with a phased in 401k style stock market scam.

      (that last option, btw, is killing social security.)

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      8 hours ago

      Yes, nothing, which means not fixing it. Which means it will be depleted in nine years. I guess it depends on how long his mom plans to stay alive.

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        3 hours ago

        Trust fund will depleted which is what boomers want exactly… It is theirs anyway and they abiut to start dying off so why not enjoy it?