Ok, I am perhaps too furious at listening to the types that tell us that we can't raise the Cap on taxable earnings for Social Security above the 110K threshold.
Tonight, I listened to Jonathan Alter on "All in with Chris Hayes" say it wasn't going to happen. Then, I listened to David Axelrod parrot the Pete Peterson dogma that something had to be done about Medicare and Social Security, which we all know is code for cut benefits. After Rachel suggested raising the cap, he dismissed the idea out of hand.
But why should this be?
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