Seeing as how Social Security by law cannot contribute to the debt. Why has the Obama administration taken the position of cutting benefits through the chained CPI or raising the retirement age? Social Security is the most successful government program ever created and poll after poll show that the American people do not want Social Security to be touched when it comes to solving budget issues. Social Security is also not "broke" as is claimed by so called deficit hawks. Even after 2037 it will still pay out 76% of benefits. Why not just raise the Social Security Wage Base which is $106,800 or eliminate it so millionaires pay their fair share into the system?
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