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SOCIAL SECURITY

I want this to be clearly understood

Social Security is THE greatest social safety net ever to come from our Government

It came about because, like today, Corporations and the wealthy took advantage of workers with low wages, no pensions AND GREED

Yes, we need to remove the income cap on Social Security payments, but its NOT ENOUGH to fix the problems it faces

We must DEMAND that any monies "borrowed from the SS reserves BE PAID BACK WITH INTEREST

They continue to promote the lie that SS is insolvent...

but Social Security is a self perpetuating system...as long as there are worker paying into it, it survives which leads to the REAL problem

WAGES

We no longer make a "real wage" comparable to what we made in previous decades

People worry that they wont receive a check, or that it will be a pittance but thats because we no longer contribute the way we used to BECAUSE WAGES ARE LOW

1/3 of our working class makes under 30k per year

THINK ABOUT THAT when they brag about their job numbers

If we focused on increasing wages Social Security will heal itself

That, combined with additional revenue and replacement of funds will enable the program to thive for generations...AND WE CAN INCREASE PAYOUTS FOR THOSE WHO CAN BARELY MAKE ENDS MEET like the elderly and disabled

It is OUR responsibility and part of the social contract of Social Security to provide for our workers and those in need

We should not face the alternative of people being forced onto the streets or into their families homes for support

The days of our elderly resorting to

eating cat food to survive SHOULD BE OVER
(yes, its really a thing, most prevalent in the 70s and 80s)

It is shameful that we have allowed those in elected office to manipulate, cut, rearrange and dismantle a program meant to PROTECT US and our loved ones

Something as simple as raising the minimum wage to a "living wage" will add BILLIONS to Social Security Reserves improving stability

I have more, but I digress...

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