We can stop the social security money problem.

there should also be a cap on how much of your income is taxed to pay for it.

It's not an unreasonable argument, and I believe the concept was baked into the program from the very start. There's no chance the system will ever 'tax every dollar earned' as you suggest.

That said, it's not unreasonable to raise the cap in order to make sure the program is self-sustaining, indefinitely.

and die before the draw a cent in SS benefits. Should that money be refunded to their heirs because they never drew a benefit?

95% of Americans are currently taxed “on every dollar earned.” Why are those making over $133,000 a year not taxed on every dollar earned?

Make under $133,000 - taxed on 100% of what you earn

Make $1,330,000 - taxed on 10% of what you earn

Make $1,330,000,000 - taxed on 1% of what you earn

How is that fair?

Benefit at retirement relative to their pay.

go up too.

And, it is roughly a 12.5 percentage point increase in taxes needed for other things like healthcare, education, jobs, climate change, deficit and debt reduction, etc.

I suspect we will end up with some smaller increase in SS tax, with a compression of benefits, as a short-term solution.

Unfortunately, there are not a lot of simple solutions to our problems.

CONSEQUENCE the hell out of the worst abusers & plug every loophole is the place to start.

No sugar coating needed.

Need a bullet proofed rewritten Constitution!

the government will work only for the rich.

Citizens United was a critical injury as were earlier decisions that amounted to "one dollar, one vote".

Money is not speech. But it sure gets protected!

I guarantee you all the repugs would vote no and probably some Dems (Schumer & Mancin come to mind) would join them. If would fix our SS troubles forever.

It would extend the life of Social Security by a few decades, but it is NOT a permanent solution.

The big problem is that a good part of our $20 trillion national debt is owed to Social Security - much more than we owe China, Japan, Brazil and others. Is Congress & the President going to keep borrowing from the surplus? Sure, the national debt money gets paid back, but we keep borrowing more and more.

and, the minimum wage should be increased, and tied to inflation so that it goes up as needed. A real problem is that inputs from the bottom have not increased with inflation since the early 90's or so.

These two fixes would help a ton to keep the system solvent.