The more wealthy people are getting over on SS compared to the lower wage earner because of the SS Cap. Once you reach the cap for the year, you no longer have to keep paying SS that year. Some overly wealthy individuals could reach that in a month or two. Meanwhile the poor sucker making minimum wage has to pay into SS all year long. How is that fair? I think the CAP is a joke. SS should just be a straight percentage of pay whether you make $10,000 per year or 10,000,000,000 per year. Whoever, came up with the cap must have been a rich guy, because that is the only type of person it favors. Get rid of the SS Cap and use a straight percentage. Either that or get rid of SS tax and just raise the Federal Tax and be honest about it.
There is no SS trust fund. Every year it is emptied out and put in the general revenue fund. It is all a lie and there is no cake. Congress steals the people's money every year. I think it is time to pay it all back with interest.
After Congress has raped the public like this why do you want to trust them with health care? Are you just stupid? The government is the problem not the solution. Congress probably does not even pay SS. The reason why the government is against using SS as an individual retirement account, is that they would not be able to steal it. Even putting money in an account and earning interest would be better than the current system.