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#2 is popular, according to polling. See [1][2].

[1] https://www.aarp.org/social-security/survey-raising-taxes/

[2] https://www.nasi.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NASI_SocialS...

Of course it is, most people like to tax others to pay for their own benefits. Almost no one in the US maxes out the cap, so for them it would make no difference.

SS tax is a flat rate. I'm not asking the rich to pay more than anyone else. I'm asking that the rich pay the SS tax on every dollar they make, just like most people do.

do that poll in fairfax or loudoun county in northern va or san jose or san francisco and and watch those numbers change… every is up for more taxes as long as someone else pays them

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