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Don’t Raise or Eliminate the Cap
Under Roosevelt’s original design for Social Security, high earners wouldn’t even have participated. The eventual legislation included the rich, but with a contribution cap to distinguish Social Security from “the dole.” As a Social Security Administration report put it, “The upper limit on the tax was designed to assure that no one contributed directly more than the value of the protection he received.” Read more…
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