Reply #6: This is the exact problem the OP addresses [View All]

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" If taxpayers are given a "payroll tax holiday", that will mean that 112 billion dollars will be taken from the general fund to repay the SS trust fund, thereby adding it to the deficit."

Why is Social Security being linked to the deficit, even as a matter of moving money?

Social Security should be protected, but the payroll tax is regressive. This isn't to say get rid of taxes, but they shouldn't be linked to Social Security in the way they have been since Reagan. People who work should be guaranteed support in retirement.

Talking about health care as a right, Social Security should be a right. There are ways to fund programs that benefit society without the stigma of an impending crisis.