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Bernie Sanders Wants Wealthy to Pay for Social Security Expansion
(By – Clinton Gillespie)
Half of the country, 165 million Americans, accept Social Security in some form. Therefore, reforming the nearly bankrupt wealth transfer program is never popular among politicians. But Bernie Sanders, a socialist Senator from Vermont who is running for President as a Democrat, told Wolf Blitzer on CNN that he plans to expand Social Security if he was elected President. “You don’t cut Social Security to save Social Security,” Sanders said. He said the US should lift the cap on payments to Social Security. The retirement program caps payments on incomes above $118,500. Read more…