The payroll tax that funds Social Security does not apply to income above $160,000. So Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the richest men on Earth, contribute just as much as your neighborhood dentist. But not a penny more.
We must have a Federal wealth tax, it would save SS, and actually raise the money needed to fund Universal health care
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@WeThePeople Agreed. However, it will likely never happen... since the majority of Congress are A) millionaires, and B) are wholly owned by their corporate-sponsored PACs and/or lobbyists.