Friday, September 18, 2026

This is so stupid: 66% surveyed said they favor capping Social Security benefits so that no retired couple would receive more than $100,000 per year


 

 Social Security reform plans could sway voters in battleground Senate races, survey finds

... About two-thirds of respondents — 66% — said they favor capping Social Security benefits so that no retired couple would receive more than $100,000 per year, the poll found. ...

Fewer than 36,000 beneficiaries fall into this category, OUT OF 71.3 MILLION!

It's 0.05% of all retired couples.

This will accomplish NOTHING except to punish a few people who played by the rules ALL THEIR LIVES only to be denied at the end of them.

What an insult.

... 72% said they support increasing the payroll tax cap by 1% for all income above $184,500. ...

So if I make $1.185 million my cap is $194,500? That's all?

Sign me up! 

People don't realize that the cap should be $300,000 today to capture 90% of aggregate income as originally intended.

Americans as surveyed are obviously too stupid to add anything substantive to this discussion.