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In reply to the discussion: Four senior senators express alarm, push for 'hard' Social Security votes [View all]Buddyzbuddy
(2,972 posts)for Senators to work with after the elections because other than that, it's spinning wheels. As stated, 3 of the 4 will be gone. Also, unless it favors what the Heritage Foundation wants, the Felon won't be signing it. I personally don't think most Democrats would want anything he's willing to sign and I want a Democratic Administration and majority Congress to sign off on the solution.
We all know what happened under Reagan, "no thanks".
We also know Congress doesn't do anything productive until their feet are held to the fire and the time remaining after this Administration will do just that. Something like this might force a change of the Fillibuster. Which we'll also need to fix the problems with the Supreme Court. We must assume a short 2-4 year window to make drastic changes to start repairing our system of Government.
Why are there income caps on who is contributing to S.S.? Make them go away. Then work on not only extension of Social Security but improving it. Increasing pay and lowering the age of FRA at least back to where it was. Make Medicare more comprehensive, maybe single payer and get rid of supplemental medi-gap insurance.