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It's rigged (discuss.online)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/workreform@lemmy.world
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[–] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Social security benefits shouldn't be proportional to income, it should be a set amount that everyone is eligible and it should be collected proportional to income including capital gains and everything else.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    That's a UBI, not Social Security. It's a great idea! But it's not Social Security.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago*

    Social security paying retirement and disability payments is different from UBI. I am simply saying paying in should be proportional to income but the benefits should not.

    A CEO and minimum wage worker should get the same social security benefits and they would be higher than they currently are if we taxed the Epstein class properly.

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