Originally Posted by Hastings
I just now took a look at a U.S. News and World Report article from January 10, 2024 that states that any income over $168,600 is not taxable for social security. So by exempting almost all local, municipal, and state employees and not taxing the high salaried income earners there is a bunch of money not available to shore up the system.

I don't blame the young folks for being sore about paying into a system that is on the edge of collapse.

Ummm...the benefits are also capped.

You can no more tell someone how to do something you've never done, than you can come back from somewhere you've never been...