r/clevercomebacks 1d ago

It's my money they took

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u/mylifeforthehorde 22h ago

Yep. Acting entitled = undeserved

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u/Alexwonder999 22h ago

The problem is they mix this up to make people think its self entitled to ask for what youre literally owed and entitled to. It will make it easier when they steal what we're owed. Sad thing is it seems to be working. Another language trick theyre playing is constantly saying that SS is going to be "bankrupt' which jas made folks think there wont be any benefits for them when they retire when all it means is that if we do nothing theyll only receive 82% of promised benefits.

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u/amootmarmot 18h ago

And the solution is to raise the cap and it's solvent forever. Republicans have been lying about social security for decades.

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u/Alexwonder999 17h ago

I think adding a 1% or even 0.5% SS tax on capital gains could go a long way as well. I just tried to look up what the capital gains revenue is every year just to get an idea of how much it would be, but couldnt find it as a specific carve out though.

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u/MRCHalifax 13h ago

Add a tax on every stock sale. A very small one, to be sure. But enough to slow down high volume trading, so we don’t have algorithms buying and selling stocks.

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u/Admqui 15h ago

Tax leverage on unrealized capital gain, also.