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Removing the Social Security earnings cap virtually eliminates funding gap | Economic Policy Institute
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A record share of earnings was not subject to Social Security taxes in 2021: Inequality's undermining of Social Security has accelerated | Economic Policy Institute
![Richard Angwin on X: "The social security earnings cap is a subsidy for the wealthy. Ending it would close the funding gap and make social security permanently solvent. #EndTheCap https://t.co/UhINVK7yPH" / X Richard Angwin on X: "The social security earnings cap is a subsidy for the wealthy. Ending it would close the funding gap and make social security permanently solvent. #EndTheCap https://t.co/UhINVK7yPH" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9694ftXUAAC1Qg.jpg:large)
Richard Angwin on X: "The social security earnings cap is a subsidy for the wealthy. Ending it would close the funding gap and make social security permanently solvent. #EndTheCap https://t.co/UhINVK7yPH" / X
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