Eliminate the income cap for Social Security

Re: “Social Security: Americans’ top asset isn’t a home or stocks,” Sept. 14 business story

The article deals with the future insolvency of Social Security, predicting it could happen as soon as 2033. I have read several articles dealing with this issue. They deal with different scenarios, such as, raising the interest that is currently charged, or reducing the amount recipients receive, etc.

One possible solution, that never seems to be brought up, is the income cap. Currently, everyone pays into the fund up to an annual income of $176,100, so anyone making that amount or less, pays based on 100% of their income. Anyone making over that amount pays no additional tax.

If the maximum payout were kept the same, and everyone payed into the fund

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