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   From: Labor_day@test.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:42:33 -0800, a425couple    
   wrote:   
      
   >"So, without action, Social Security retirement benefits are on course   
   >for a 23% cut in less than a decade.   
      
    Congress is not going to allow SS or Medicare to lower payments. They   
   just have to raise the payroll tax by 1% and double the cap on FICA taxes   
   based on income of $250,000.   
      
   They aren't going to anger 75M Retirees.   
      
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