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brush

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8. That idea is going nowhere. What a waste of time.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Mar 1, 2023, 01:36 AM

Mar 2023

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Are those two just grandstanding for visibility? They have to know the Dem Senate majority will never allow that to pass, and they also have to know all that has to be done to raise the income ceiling.

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A bipartisan group of Senators is talking about raising the retirement age on Social Security [View all] brooklynite Mar 2023 OP

How about raising the cap on taxable SS income? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2023 #1

Why is that? dpibel Mar 2023 #2

Bi-partisan? How? Grins Mar 2023 #3

Click-bait. An "I" isn't bipartisan n/t leftstreet Mar 2023 #4

Two senators is a pair, not a group. Fiendish Thingy Mar 2023 #5

And they're not "leaders" just because they say they are. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2023 #9

Raise the cap, you effing assholes. Freethinker65 Mar 2023 #6

Social Security payout is NOT based on a worker's average earnings PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2023 #7

That idea is going nowhere. What a waste of time. brush Mar 2023 #8

I'm sure people Dorian Gray Mar 2023 #10

Are these two still laboring under the idea that there is some Deminpenn Mar 2023 #11

I suggest we raise the age when Senators can collect IbogaProject Mar 2023 #12

My suggestion? bluestarone Mar 2023 #13

Sinema and Manchin aren't absolved by this bigtree Mar 2023 #14