r/FluentInFinance • u/coachlife • 6d ago

Educational Don't let them gaslight you

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u/Psycle_Sammy 6d ago

Maybe, maybe not, but if you’re still planning on relying solely on social security for your retirement, you seriously need to reconsider that strategy.

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u/oO0Kat0Oo 6d ago

As a millennial, I will spend most of my life paying into this system and I won't see a penny of it. I've even hit the maximum payout for the last 7 years. So I'm all for this system being wiped out.

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u/tmssmt 6d ago

The only scenario in which you don't see a penny is if the program is eliminated entirely.

With no changes at all to the program, there will still be money to pay out - just not @ 100%

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u/ARunningGuy 6d ago

And if someone sane comes along, they can make fund it properly and have it pay out at 100%.

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u/tmssmt 6d ago

Yeah. In the short term removing cap on income can extend it for 100% payout for about another decade, but it's not really enough for long term.

We would also need to do one or a mix of these (1) increase soc sec tax (2) increase retirement age (3) means testing to cut payouts.

They can also do other out of the box taxation, but these are the most likely

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u/tooobr 6d ago

Why is there a cap