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221022 13:40 – save social security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s voting season and the campaigning is contention as always. Really the two party system is doing us no favors. It will fundamentally always be in my mind: “them against us,” or “us against them,” however you like it. It cannot not be otherwise. A candidate must have a comparison to rally against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, one of the two sides is much more destructive to civilization. In so many ways, socioeconomically, environmentally, psychologically, physically; you name it. Being conservative by nature, how would that ever relate to being selfless, free with assistance to help others, generous<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick Scott, he released a policy agenda for the Republicans earlier this year. And I should also mention Scott\u2019s not just some random senator. He\u2019s the head of the Republican Senate campaign arm and has been campaigning and giving a lot of money to the Republican Senate candidates. <\/p>

So Scott\u2019s plan, it would mean that every five years, every federal government program, including Social Security, Medicare, veterans benefits, would have to be voted on and Congress would have to agree to reauthorize it or else it would be terminated.<\/p>

And so that means that every five years, Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries would be left in limbo, wondering, is Congress going to reauthorize our benefits or are they going to cut it? Are they going to privatize it or are they going to end it entirely? It\u2019s going to be just another part of congressional wheeling and dealing, just no longer the secure earned benefits that people have paid for. So that\u2019s Rick Scott. <\/p>

Sen. Ron Johnson from Wisconsin heard Scott\u2019s plan and he decided, \u201cYou know what, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s cruel enough. I think that we should require Social Security and Medicare to be authorized every year.\u201d<\/p>The conservatives want to make changes to social security<\/a>.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Some rando facts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know 70 million people <\/strong>received benefits from programs administered by the Social Security Administration ( SSA ) in 2021. 5.4 million people were newly awarded Social Security benefits in 2021. 55% of adult Social Security beneficiaries in 2021 were women. <\/strong>55.3 was the average age of disabled-worker beneficiaries in 2021.<\/p>

As Baby Boomers retire and the U.S. population ages, fewer workers are left to contribute toward the benefits of each retiree. Social Security’s retirement benefits trust fund is projected to deplete reserves in 2034, leaving it reliant on tax receipts covering 77% of scheduled benefits<\/p>

Employers and employees each pay 6.2 percent of wages up to the taxable maximum of $147,000 (in 2022), <\/strong>while the self-employed pay 12.4 percent. In 2021, $980.06 billion (90.1 percent) of total Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance income came from payroll taxes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 \u2060Social Security and Medicare are paid for with a separate tax. Neither program adds to the national debt.<\/p>

\u2022 \u2060Social Security taxes are paid on only the first $147,000 of income (increases to $160,200 in 2023). If the cap was increased or removed, Social Security could be solvent in perpetuity.<\/p>

\u2022 \u2060Social Security has about a $2,500,000,000,000 surplus.<\/p>

\u2022 \u2060Congress has borrowed trillions from Social Security for government spending.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Why does society let those with the most money proportionally spend the least? Because we elect government officials to make laws that are flawed against society, that’s why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 \u2060Register to Vote<\/p>

\u2022 \u2060Voter registration is closed in GA, AZ, FL and OH.
\u2022 \u2060PA registration closes on October 24, 2022.
\u2022 \u2060WI has in-person registration through November 4, 2022.
\u2022 \u2060NV has in person registration through election day.
\u2022 \u2060NH has in-person election-day-only registration.
\u2022 \u2060CO has mail-in registration through October 31, 2022 and in-person registration on election day
\u2022 \u2060NC permits in-person registration at Early Voting sites (Oct. 20-Nov. 5)<\/p>

\u2022 \u2060Check your Voter registration!
\u2022 \u2060Make sure you have appropriate ID.
\u2022 \u2060Know your polling site.
\u2022 \u2060Check your signature.
\u2022 \u2060Get a mail-in ballot (and after you mail it, make sure it has been received and counted \u2013 most counties allow this to be done online or by calling your election office).
\u2022 \u2060And VOTE!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.<\/p><\/blockquote>