I do feel that the more you make off of society, the more you should pay back to supporting society, either voluntarily or through taxes. No individual needs to hoard money in the 100's of millions to billions of dollars.
Absolutely, Benjamin Franklin made an excellent argument for the democratization of wealth and property in 1783: "The Remissness of our People in Paying Taxes is highly blameable; the Unwillingness to pay them is still more so. I see, in some Resolutions of Town Meetings, a Remonstrance against giving Congress a Power to take, as they call it, the People's Money out of their Pockets, tho' only to pay the Interest and Principal of Debts duly contracted. They seem to mistake the Point. Money, justly due from the People, is their Creditors' Money, and no longer the Money of the People, who, if they withold it, should be compell'd to pay by some Law." "All Property, indeed, except the Savage's temporary Cabin, his Bow, his Matchcoat, and other little Acquisitions, absolutely necessary for his Subsistence, seems to me to be the Creature of public Convention. Hence the Public has the Right of Regulating Descents, and all other Conveyances of Property, and even of limiting the Quantity and the Uses of it. All the Property that is necessary to a Man, for the Conservation of the Individual and the Propagation of the Species, is his natural Right, which none can justly deprive him of: But all Property superfluous to such purposes is the Property of the Publick, who, by their Laws, have created it, and who may therefore by other Laws dispose of it, whenever the Welfare of the Publick shall demand such Disposition. He that does not like civil Society on these Terms, let him retire and live among Savages. He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it."
HOW MUCH DID YOU GIVE???? AND IF THEY TAKE IT FROM YOU BY FORCE, WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S OK?? WHEN EVER THE GOVERNMENT TAKES FROM THEM THAT HAVE AND GIVE IT TO THOES THAT DIDN'T EARN IT. THAT IS THEFT.
So a person shouldn't be rewarded for their accomplishments? Ok cap wealth. So why produce past the cap? Are you smart enough and ambitious enough to start a Ring or Amazon?
Social Security taxes should be paid on much larger amounts than current law requires. And there are massive loopholes for wealthy individuals that classify most of their income as “unearned” so no payroll taxes are charged. Those need to be closed.
@@youtubesucks1499 it is the cut off point of your income that can be taxed for ss. It is capped at 400k i believe. If they raise the cap then the ultra wealthy will pay more in.
@@bovinityleak2066 In 2024, up to $168,600 in earnings are subject to Social Security payroll taxes.Mar 2, 2024 Anything you make over that is zero SS tax being withheld.
Wise? Ok, so what's on the other side of the equation? Raise taxes and?? Has the government managed our resources wisely? No, they haven't. Why would anyone pay more in taxes only to have that money used for wars and foreign aid?
it's essential to strategize accordingly, especially concerning investing for the future. Diversification is key to safeguarding your portfolio, particularly if Social Security undergoes significant changes.
Expanding Social Security would certainly impact retirement planning. Diversifying investments seems prudent, but with potential changes on the horizon, it's crucial to reassess our strategies.
I've been thinking about this too. Perhaps focusing on income-generating assets like dividend stocks or bonds could provide stability amidst uncertainty. It's all about adapting to potential legislative changes.
I agree. Investing during uncertain times requires a more proactive approach. Engaging a financial advisor who can navigate these complexities might be beneficial, similar to how I've been working with one for retirement planning.
Thats right, having the right plan is invaluable, my portfolio is well-matched for every season of the market and recently hit 100% rise from early last year. I and my CFP are working on a 7 figure ballpark goal, tho this could take another year.
Americans think of the, *historically prosperous, 1940's & 50's* when they reminisce about America's "greatness." Do you know the top-marginal tax rates for the richest during those, historically prosperous, decades? *Historical U.S. Highest Marginal Income Tax Rates* _"The top income tax rate reached above _*_90%_*_ from 1944 through 1963, peaking in 1944 when top taxpayers paid an income tax rate of _*_94%_*_ on their taxable income."_ SOURCE: Tax Policy Center - online 9-Feb-22 The average working citizens of other 1st-world nations, often pity ours. *McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us* _“Danes love America,” Hummelgaard told me. “But there’s no admiration for the level of inequality in America, for the lack of job security, for the lack of health security, for all those things that...create a good society.”_ SOURCE: NY TIMES, by By Nicholas Kristof - May 8, 2020 _"Democracy has become a business plan, with a bottom line for every human activity, every dream, every decency, every hope. The main parliamentary parties are now devoted to the same economic policies - socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor - and the same foreign policy of servility to endless war. This is not democracy. It is to politics what McDonald's is to food."_ *- John Pilger* (journalist, writer, scholar and documentary filmmaker) Is it just coincidence that ALL the happiest nations on Earth, are also nations with some of the highest tax rates on Earth, with free medical care, ample paid time off & FAR superior education systems? *The Happiest Countries in the World* _"Finland leads the ranking of the world's happiest countries for the sixth year in a row, according to the 2023 World Happiness Report... score (7.80)...Denmark in second place (7.59), Iceland in third (7.53), Sweden in sixth (7.40) and Norway in seventh (7.32)"_ SOURCE: World Economic Forum, by Anna Fleck - Mar 23, 2023 _“When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them, my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars, the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive, the rational world is my friend because I am the friend of happiness. When these things can be said, then may that country boast its constitution and government.”_ *- Thomas Paine, Rights of Man* _"We need to question this notion that capital only belongs to the owners when we can't achieve anything without workers. _*_We're doing capitalism wrong,_*_ and were going to kill ourselves in the process unless we rethink it."_ *-Abigail Disney* (Disney Heir, documentary film producer, philanthropist, and social activist)
Problem is, the GOP has long since abandoned the working and middle class people of this country in favor of enriching wealthy people. That's the whole of their ideology. I applaud Mr. Sanders for his suggestion. It is the most reasonable way to bring solvency back to Social Security and moreover, it's fair to ask the wealthy to start contributing to the program.
OMG there was a rep from the Heritage Foundation there? Be careful Senator Sanders! At least she (Rachel) voiced support for your legislation. Keep it up- you're a source of hope to us all! Maybe point out that if seniors become homeless in droves, that the burden will be put upon their families to take them all in, some families which can't afford to do that. Younger people need to realize that this issue affects them too!
Thank you, Bernie, fair and moral, America owes ❤elders a standard of living as good or better than anywhere else in the world. Greedsters will greed, greed, greed to the bitter end-laws must be passed.
Disabled single vone check comes one check goes..pay rent pay phone pay Bills. Check is gone..have to wait another month..the circle of poverty..I worked my whole damn life for what? Cruel world v
@@americanmuscle8639 According to Google: Bernie Sanders' salary as a senator is $174,000 per year. His salary has remained unchanged since 2009. Over the past 17 years as senator, he has earned $2.96 million.
@@americanmuscle8639 According to Google: (He also donated all royalties from his 2011 book, “The Speech,” to charity.) As of 2023, Bernie and his wife own at least three properties, ranging from a family home in Vermont to a townhouse in Washington D.C. Sanders' net worth is estimated to be $3 million,
Work all your life pay into social security and taxes will not be enough to bury you with dignity. This is an example of how static social security has been for end of life care, take note to those that come after us, we fought for our rights to healthcare and lost it all to bombs and war.
@@MLion-t2f Totally false. There is no limit to how much you can earn while receiving social security. There is an earning limit if you receive unemployment compensation, another safety-net program entirely, but not if you get a Social Security check. You are perhaps confusing the two programs, or you've gotten bad advice. I have a close friend who earns $70K as a school administrator, and he still gets a full Social Security check monthly. I've asked my local Social Security office, and they confirmed there is no limit to your earnings.
There shouldn’t be a cap on SS tax, if “everyone” paid the tax on all earnings, not only would SS be there for many generations, people could actually get enough to live on!! If people don’t like that, give them an option out of SS tax and receiving SS, as long as they prove an IRA or another retirement plan.
Wrong, that would pass the burden of funding Social Security on to fewer people, which would require higher payroll deductions for them all their life. You don't understand how funding social security works, or you wouldn't make such an irrational suggestion. There's nothing wrong with the current law that allows people to supplement SS with their own IRA, but it should never REPLACE being required to pay into the SS Trust Fund like everyone else does. I do agree however that the income cap on deductions needs to be abolished.
Take it from me. 9 years of life working for NASCAR 2000-2008, The France family. Worked outside the 1600 Halifax Ave France Estate protecting Bill France Jr. and Betty at night as a security officer after we lost Dale in 2001 due to the cooks. Then after Bruce Kennedy was killed in plane crash July 10,2007, I lacked judgement and offered my personal protection services to Lesa and Ben Kennedy, again at night in a car, while they slept. My problem, I asked for a raise to better my living condition at home, only to be forced to resign. That's your NASCAR you may want to work for/with. Was and has been the worst decision of my life. I worked 9 years at POVERTY wage. All this I can easily prove. Someone is going to hear/read about it.
What about social security people not being able to have more than $2,000 in a savings account or in the bank what if you have to struggle and save for a car part it's so messed up there's no return
The proposed 10k in a deep insult and 20k for a couple. Most middle aged are single and a relationship is difficult yet this proposal rewards a couple. There should be no asset limit or it should be at least 1 million. If they would let us earn a little without taking 50% plus income taxes, maybe we could invest and earn interest like other normal, able bodied citizens. We should have the right to invest. It would allow us to take care of ourselves more and less reliant on gov. Why dont they want us to have money?
More taxes. A bigger percentage of one’s income being taken to pay for the most inefficient government ever. Wasted in other countries wars. I don’t think how that helps any of us.
( Every things has gone 3 fold , so my check has gotten 3 times smaller, we and the other older folks need help, I myself have not received anything in 3 years, why ? ... )
I'm disabled , homeless and elderly. I live on 940$ mo (11,280$ per year) . I get a 318$ form my union retirement that is deducted from my ssi. So I don't get to any more than ssi 940$ a month. We are seeing a lot of homeless elderly people.
The millionaires,billionaires soon to be if not already trillionaires should be paying taxes higher taxes. Government has given them plenty of tax breaks and loopholes they can use and abuse on top of many skip out on paying any taxes or the wrong amounts.
I do. I hear Democrats talking about investing in and expanding SS all the time. AOC, Raskin, Warren, Sanders, Porter, Grijalva, the whole of the progressive caucus... It's the Republicans that make any progress on any issue for the people utterly impossible. A lasting Democratic supermajority is needed.
I would like to see a bill passed that says if Congress is unable to balance the budget, they dont get paid. And that no money leaves the country for foreign aid unless it comes out of a surplus in the countries budget
As a 64 yr old working to help others in my career, mostly just making it month to month, social security is going to be a lot of what I depend on. It won’t cover all my costs for sure. Rent controls or roll backs for Seniors should be a part of social security. Rents tied to cpi would help, and increases frozen for tenants 55 or 60 and over even better. Roll backs perhaps as a HUD program to just actual inflation tied to what properties originally rented at. The rental market is trying to tie itself to mortgages and bubble real estate values vs what is affordable for people generally but especially retirees and anyone nearing retirement. I sure hope there are more in the Congress that will help you do the right things, and i hope in younger generations like AOC to lead with their good consciences 🙏🙏🙏 You are a role model of leadership by and for The People. Bless you in all things ✨
One thing we Need to do is raise the amount paid into social security for every com0any that does nit offer a pension plan that is not part of the wall street 401ks or lra's. They should pay 25% into social security as there contribution to retirement. One thing that is good about this idea is that like the 2008 collapse of the world economy we lost pensions and one fact is they get stolen a lot more than you think. Companies that do offer a pension plan should have to hand over the money to the government for safe keeping. While pensions disappeared back in the 2008 debacle social security still sent out checks while the rich CEO's got 60 million dollar golden parachutes. Many people lost everything and many are now living in cars or on the streets. If you have BIG business you have to have BIG Government regulations to control them because they seem to have no c9ntrol over themselves, which the last 40 years plus has proven.
So reduce your income and take more in perks. Jeff Bezos made less than 84k as CEO of Amazon for years. Ok, I will take 40k in income and the rest in perks. Tax free. Sounds good.
If you know that Social Security will be short, you can save early. I remember many people telling me in the early 1980's, " Don't expect any social security>" So I started and IRA when I was 25 and started plowing money into mutual funds. And apparently a lot of other people did too. Because the Stock Market took off after that.
Bernie Sanders for President. Health care is the most important thing to get at this time in the history of mankind. He went to U Chicago, like me, and is super intelligent. I dropped out. Complete national health care has to be adopted;- even Nick Freitas' mom can get Alzheimer's
I am just so jealous that my state of Pennsylvania do not have a senator like Bernie Sanders. Mr. Sanders would you consider moving to the keystone state ?? You are the man for sure Sir.
The money is there, the drive or mandate is strong due to so many seniors. More seniors than at any time in U.S. history! Therefore, the field is Prime, so just do it Bernie! JUST DO IT. !!!!
I believe it is imperative that we address these social safety nets before the next wave of disruptive technologies emerges. With automation, AI, and robotics reaching new heights, we cannot afford to be reactive in devising a plan for the potential displacement of millions of jobs.
Thankfully, my 10th grade Social Studies teacher explained the Social Security PONZI math in 1977, so I never factored it into my retirement. In the 30’s there were 17 workers splitting the benefit of each recipient. Today there are 3 young people paying for each recipient. In just a few years, there will be just 2.
Many of the people and elders that I know only get around $973 a month in social security, some are homeless, some live in section 8 housing or low income housing, some in senior living facilities and some live with their other family members. A few get food stamps of about $167 while others get $30 per month. The Medicaid and Medicare program takes about $60 to $150 out of their checks every month and they have to pay co-pays for their medications and doctor visits, medication is $3 to $30 dollars per prescription and doctors visits are $ 30 to $50 per visit. Section 8 housing costs 1/3rd of their income. These people on social security are really living off of about $95 per week after paying rent, medical, and doctor visits. Phone service costs $45 per month, car insurance $100 per month (if they have one), internet $45-80 per month, heating fuel, electricity, and water/sewage are other expanses. So that $30 to $167 in food stamps might feed them if they are lucky. These elders need more funding to live not just barely survive.
Please vote for Bernie Sanders Bill 😢 please 😢😢 we really need the help 😢 because me and my husband gets 1300 a month and our rent is 1000 dollars a month and I think God for the extra help from my United health medical card because I used that to put on my lights.😢
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE write the bestselling book on this Bernie! Include the history of Social Security, and what has happened ever since. By administration, in graphs. And the numbers, the numbers, the numbers.
Before Raygumb imposed NeoLiberalism, 60% of retirees had a pension, today, only 4% of U.S retirees have a pension. Tax the Rich, again, & we'll make Social Security solvent. Absolutely love Bernie Sanders. 😊
I wish my senators did a damn thing except vote blue when necessary. As far as i can tell they do nothing else for us constituents. I want a bernie to vote for in my state. Someone who is actively active!
Need SS and you can’t get it, then need attorney but finding someone that handles that is impossible in small town America… screwed screwed and die screwed!!!
Wrong Mr Sanders. People who are wealthy do not need social security. The program can be quickly modified by passing a law to block people making more than $400K a year from withdrawing anything from Social Security. Shrink the number of people getting checks. But also in that quick law change, remove the annual maximum income requiring deductions from paychecks. It is counter-intuitive that high earners don't pay their equal percentage of income into the program, but still get to take the largest checks out of the program when they reach their eligible age. And of course, in more comprehensive legislation, change the rules that allow CEO's to reclassify workers into independent contractors, to avoid paying the employer's share into the SS program. It could even be needed to charge social security fee equivalents on goods and services IMPORTED into the US, since CEO's often outsource work to those other countries just to avoid the employer's share of SS contributions.
The richest people in our country could help others but apparently MacKenzie Scott is the only one doing it. Being a senior now myself, it is shocking how they expect us to live on so little with no dental or vision care either. Shameful.
Only true caring human being in the American government...for the poor man and woman and family...Thank you Bernie Sanders for your caring heart and mind and soul.
The poverty level right now is $1400 and change per month. There are many senior citizens whose Social Security is a lot less than that. Which also means that they rely on subsidies by either charity or government for their housing, their food, their medical care. so they’re getting the money, one way or another but they’re having to jump through hoops and apply for programs. They don’t understand and many of them still at this point do not own or know how to use a computer, let alone a cell phone. That will change over the next two decades, however, most government agencies want you to apply online. Which means they have to hire a broker or an accountant or a lawyer to do these things for them. How much more do our senior citizens have to pay just to survive?
I don't know if his solution is viable, but something needs to be done. Social Security really does need to be fixed!. Pensions have either dried up or are very small. Many people work decades sometimes doing back breaking work, only to end up poor. At least Sen. Sanders is trying to do something. I'm very disappointed that neither Trump nor Biden has actually done something positive regarding Social Security. Sen Sanders should be surrounded by people backing his plan. Guess that the other progressives, especially the young ones, don't care about older people. True! As a Democrat and a Senior Citizen I am very disappointed in my party and Pres. Biden! Like many Seniors I vote every time the poles open and I'll certainly factor in this topic when I vote.
I do feel that the more you make off of society, the more you should pay back to supporting society, either voluntarily or through taxes. No individual needs to hoard money in the 100's of millions to billions of dollars.
Absolutely, Benjamin Franklin made an excellent argument for the democratization of wealth and property in 1783:
"The Remissness of our People in Paying Taxes is highly blameable; the Unwillingness to pay them is still more so. I see, in some Resolutions of Town Meetings, a Remonstrance against giving Congress a Power to take, as they call it, the People's Money out of their Pockets, tho' only to pay the Interest and Principal of Debts duly contracted. They seem to mistake the Point. Money, justly due from the People, is their Creditors' Money, and no longer the Money of the People, who, if they withold it, should be compell'd to pay by some Law."
"All Property, indeed, except the Savage's temporary Cabin, his Bow, his Matchcoat, and other little Acquisitions, absolutely necessary for his Subsistence, seems to me to be the Creature of public Convention. Hence the Public has the Right of Regulating Descents, and all other Conveyances of Property, and even of limiting the Quantity and the Uses of it. All the Property that is necessary to a Man, for the Conservation of the Individual and the Propagation of the Species, is his natural Right, which none can justly deprive him of: But all Property superfluous to such purposes is the Property of the Publick, who, by their Laws, have created it, and who may therefore by other Laws dispose of it, whenever the Welfare of the Publick shall demand such Disposition. He that does not like civil Society on these Terms, let him retire and live among Savages. He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it."
Rich people support society by creating jobs. A job is the best social program.
HOW MUCH DID YOU GIVE???? AND IF THEY TAKE IT FROM YOU BY FORCE, WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S OK?? WHEN EVER THE GOVERNMENT TAKES FROM THEM THAT HAVE AND GIVE IT TO THOES THAT DIDN'T EARN IT. THAT IS THEFT.
Do rich people have less Property Rights than the rest of us?
So a person shouldn't be rewarded for their accomplishments?
Ok cap wealth. So why produce past the cap?
Are you smart enough and ambitious enough to start a Ring or Amazon?
Social Security taxes should be paid on much larger amounts than current law requires. And there are massive loopholes for wealthy individuals that classify most of their income as “unearned” so no payroll taxes are charged. Those need to be closed.
If they just use social security for what it is supposed to be. It wouldn't be a problem.
Exactly
We all pay the same. Tell me again how a billionaire is scamming the system??
@@youtubesucks1499 it is the cut off point of your income that can be taxed for ss. It is capped at 400k i believe. If they raise the cap then the ultra wealthy will pay more in.
@@bovinityleak2066 In 2024, up to $168,600 in earnings are subject to Social Security payroll taxes.Mar 2, 2024
Anything you make over that is zero SS tax being withheld.
Love this man"s heart and steadfastness.
This is what leadership, wise and heart centered looks like.
Yeah, he talks a good game for the poor, considering he is a millionaire x 3.
So tell me how to pay for it?
Wise? Ok, so what's on the other side of the equation?
Raise taxes and?? Has the government managed our resources wisely? No, they haven't.
Why would anyone pay more in taxes only to have that money used for wars and foreign aid?
Here Here!! I agree with you Senator 1000%. Thank you for always thinking about us.
it's essential to strategize accordingly, especially concerning investing for the future. Diversification is key to safeguarding your portfolio, particularly if Social Security undergoes significant changes.
Expanding Social Security would certainly impact retirement planning. Diversifying investments seems prudent, but with potential changes on the horizon, it's crucial to reassess our strategies.
I've been thinking about this too. Perhaps focusing on income-generating assets like dividend stocks or bonds could provide stability amidst uncertainty. It's all about adapting to potential legislative changes.
I agree. Investing during uncertain times requires a more proactive approach. Engaging a financial advisor who can navigate these complexities might be beneficial, similar to how I've been working with one for retirement planning.
Thats right, having the right plan is invaluable, my portfolio is well-matched for every season of the market and recently hit 100% rise from early last year. I and my CFP are working on a 7 figure ballpark goal, tho this could take another year.
My funds are being eroded by inflation and I seek a more lucrative investment strategy to effectively utilize before I consider retirement
He is 100% correct!!
Scrap the cap, tax the rich, and means test the wealthy.
When people feel they are being over taxed, they leave. Do you want that to happen with our rich?
@@ms-tw4sjmost of us pay taxes on ALL of our wages. The rich only pay on up to 168000 dollars of their wages
TAX the Rich 💵 TAX the Rich 💵 TAX the Rich 💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵
Americans think of the, *historically prosperous, 1940's & 50's* when they reminisce about America's "greatness." Do you know the top-marginal tax rates for the richest during those, historically prosperous, decades?
*Historical U.S. Highest Marginal Income Tax Rates*
_"The top income tax rate reached above _*_90%_*_ from 1944 through 1963, peaking in 1944 when top taxpayers paid an income tax rate of _*_94%_*_ on their taxable income."_
SOURCE: Tax Policy Center - online 9-Feb-22
The average working citizens of other 1st-world nations, often pity ours.
*McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us*
_“Danes love America,” Hummelgaard told me. “But there’s no admiration for the level of inequality in America, for the lack of job security, for the lack of health security, for all those things that...create a good society.”_
SOURCE: NY TIMES, by By Nicholas Kristof - May 8, 2020
_"Democracy has become a business plan, with a bottom line for every human activity, every dream, every decency, every hope. The main parliamentary parties are now devoted to the same economic policies - socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor - and the same foreign policy of servility to endless war. This is not democracy. It is to politics what McDonald's is to food."_
*- John Pilger* (journalist, writer, scholar and documentary filmmaker)
Is it just coincidence that ALL the happiest nations on Earth, are also nations with some of the highest tax rates on Earth, with free medical care, ample paid time off & FAR superior education systems?
*The Happiest Countries in the World*
_"Finland leads the ranking of the world's happiest countries for the sixth year in a row, according to the 2023 World Happiness Report... score (7.80)...Denmark in second place (7.59), Iceland in third (7.53), Sweden in sixth (7.40) and Norway in seventh (7.32)"_
SOURCE: World Economic Forum, by Anna Fleck - Mar 23, 2023
_“When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them, my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars, the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive, the rational world is my friend because I am the friend of happiness. When these things can be said, then may that country boast its constitution and government.”_
*- Thomas Paine, Rights of Man*
_"We need to question this notion that capital only belongs to the owners when we can't achieve anything without workers. _*_We're doing capitalism wrong,_*_ and were going to kill ourselves in the process unless we rethink it."_
*-Abigail Disney* (Disney Heir, documentary film producer, philanthropist, and social activist)
The rich are already paying most of the income tax...look it up
Do rich people have less Property Rights than the rest of us?
For me the Key 🔑 reason is plain and simple and that is the continuing GREED of the WEALTHY In America
Everybody has greed. Get over it!
I'm some how trying to make it off much more less than the lowest 9,000. you mentioned. I'm living on the edge. Thank you for all your hard work.
Bernie's you are a good men'.and I love you for that🏹🌹🙏🕊🌌🌅⚡🏹🙏🌹🕊
Make corporations pay decent wages and amounts of what is contributing increases also!
Problem is, the GOP has long since abandoned the working and middle class people of this country in favor of enriching wealthy people. That's the whole of their ideology. I applaud Mr. Sanders for his suggestion. It is the most reasonable way to bring solvency back to Social Security and moreover, it's fair to ask the wealthy to start contributing to the program.
The Democrat party has become the far left party of the super wealthy Elite's.
A lot of working class people are too stupid to deserve any extra benefits.
Nope. Social Security is a Ponzi scheme that is running out of money.
You think this is the Republicans??
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks Bernie
OMG there was a rep from the Heritage Foundation there? Be careful Senator Sanders! At least she (Rachel) voiced support for your legislation. Keep it up- you're a source of hope to us all! Maybe point out that if seniors become homeless in droves, that the burden will be put upon their families to take them all in, some families which can't afford to do that. Younger people need to realize that this issue affects them too!
Change the tax shelters to improve all Americans not just individuals luxury items.
Why are you entitled to someone else's money?
I am entitled to my money.
I'm 73 need that 200.00 more a month, my rent is going up
Grocery prices went crazy too.
I'm 74, I went on a modest savings program back in the 80's and now I'm in good shape financially. Are you going to take more of my money away?
@@ms-tw4sj yes, worked all my life, I deserve it.
Thank you, Bernie, fair and moral, America owes ❤elders a standard of living as good or better than anywhere else in the world. Greedsters will greed, greed, greed to the bitter end-laws must be passed.
Disabled single vone check comes one check goes..pay rent pay phone pay Bills. Check is gone..have to wait another month..the circle of poverty..I worked my whole damn life for what? Cruel world v
The true hero of Congress Bernie Sanders he cares about the people👍
Fact!! 🎯💯👍🇺🇸
If they can't then they need to start banning lobbyists and start doing audits.
Better words have never been said. I am all in and side with Senator Bernie Sanders. I encourage everyone interested in fair reform to support him. 👍
So what's your fair share of someone else's money?
I am not entitled to Jeff Bezos money.
@@americanmuscle8639 You have no proof that this man has done anything that wasn't fair. Ignorant fools say such nonsense.
@@americanmuscle8639 Good then you agree he paid his fair share.👍
@@americanmuscle8639 According to Google: Bernie Sanders' salary as a senator is $174,000 per year. His salary has remained unchanged since 2009. Over the past 17 years as senator, he has earned $2.96 million.
@@americanmuscle8639 According to Google: (He also donated all royalties from his 2011 book, “The Speech,” to charity.) As of 2023, Bernie and his wife own at least three properties, ranging from a family home in Vermont to a townhouse in Washington D.C. Sanders' net worth is estimated to be $3 million,
You tell them Bernie. .we all know you should have been President and we all know why that didn't happen.
Voted for Bernie in the primaries!!
Thank you for trying so hard for seniors!
He's keeping up the good fight for ALL of US!!!
Tax legal profiteers
Thank you Honorable Bernie Sanders. Your work and action puts a spotlight on all of Micheal Prenti’s scholarly work, “Democracy for the Few”!
One of the very few politicians who actually deserve the term "Honorable."
He is a criminal man
Work all your life pay into social security and taxes will not be enough to bury you with dignity. This is an example of how static social security has been for end of life care, take note to those that come after us, we fought for our rights to healthcare and lost it all to bombs and war.
SSI is a supplement.
Ssi reform act
See again no money for SS but plenty of money for everyone else especially any country we have plenty.
Thank You pray it happen.Real soon
I live on only $13,000/year as a disabled person. 😢 this is cruel.
I know. Im there with you. And they wont let me even earn a little more, or save to utilize compound interest through investing.
$11,316 is what ssi pays. So youre doing better than me.
@@MLion-t2f Totally false. There is no limit to how much you can earn while receiving social security. There is an earning limit if you receive unemployment compensation, another safety-net program entirely, but not if you get a Social Security check. You are perhaps confusing the two programs, or you've gotten bad advice.
I have a close friend who earns $70K as a school administrator, and he still gets a full Social Security check monthly. I've asked my local Social Security office, and they confirmed there is no limit to your earnings.
@@rayrussell6258 ssi and ss are two different programs. Ssdi is another one.
@@rayrussell6258If you receive a social security disability check from SSA, there certainly is a cap on what you can receive each month.
There shouldn’t be a cap on SS tax, if “everyone” paid the tax on all earnings, not only would SS be there for many generations, people could actually get enough to live on!! If people don’t like that, give them an option out of SS tax and receiving SS, as long as they prove an IRA or another retirement plan.
Wrong, that would pass the burden of funding Social Security on to fewer people, which would require higher payroll deductions for them all their life. You don't understand how funding social security works, or you wouldn't make such an irrational suggestion. There's nothing wrong with the current law that allows people to supplement SS with their own IRA, but it should never REPLACE being required to pay into the SS Trust Fund like everyone else does.
I do agree however that the income cap on deductions needs to be abolished.
Take it from me. 9 years of life working for NASCAR 2000-2008, The France family. Worked outside the 1600 Halifax Ave France Estate protecting Bill France Jr. and Betty at night as a security officer after we lost Dale in 2001 due to the cooks. Then after Bruce Kennedy was killed in plane crash July 10,2007, I lacked judgement and offered my personal protection services to Lesa and Ben Kennedy, again at night in a car, while they slept. My problem, I asked for a raise to better my living condition at home, only to be forced to resign. That's your NASCAR you may want to work for/with. Was and has been the worst decision of my life. I worked 9 years at POVERTY wage. All this I can easily prove. Someone is going to hear/read about it.
So sad!😥
👹 BROKEN System 😡🔥
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What about social security people not being able to have more than $2,000 in a savings account or in the bank what if you have to struggle and save for a car part it's so messed up there's no return
The proposed 10k in a deep insult and 20k for a couple. Most middle aged are single and a relationship is difficult yet this proposal rewards a couple. There should be no asset limit or it should be at least 1 million. If they would let us earn a little without taking 50% plus income taxes, maybe we could invest and earn interest like other normal, able bodied citizens. We should have the right to invest. It would allow us to take care of ourselves more and less reliant on gov. Why dont they want us to have money?
I agree with Senator Sanders! He’s right. Seniors are always on the back burner. I know, I’m living it.
Time for the rise of the gray panthers again!
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Raising taxes on the rich would solve A LOT of America’s problems.
Absolutely 💯
Make them pay their fair share and with that money let's feed and house our starving children and homeless.
Do rich people have less Property Rights than the rest of us?
For about three years - and then Washington DC would have us leveraged right up to the hilt with BS legislation designed to enrich their donors……..🙄
Ok, so the rich pay more and? The United States Government sends more money to foreign aid??
Hard pass.
More taxes. A bigger percentage of one’s income being taken to pay for the most inefficient government ever. Wasted in other countries wars. I don’t think how that helps any of us.
I wish someone like Senator Bernie Sanders was at the table when the Constitution was formed
You're out of your mind
@@davidlopez-cy2bu I can explain my line of thinking... Are you able to explain your line of thinking???
Seniors can not retire on 1500.00 a month.
They were never meant to.
401k
( Every things has gone 3 fold , so my check has gotten 3 times smaller, we and the other older folks need help, I myself have not received anything in 3 years, why ? ... )
I'm disabled , homeless and elderly. I live on 940$ mo (11,280$ per year) . I get a 318$ form my union retirement that is deducted from my ssi. So I don't get to any more than ssi 940$ a month. We are seeing a lot of homeless elderly people.
So, so wrong and heart breaking and scary.
That union retirement money should NOT be deducted from your ssi.
You should get your union retirement plus your SSI. If you're getting disability instead of SSI.
Yes!!!
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That's why the door borders open for free living 💰
And how does letting millions of migrants into our country that are put in poor communities that get stuck with the taxes help those people?
The millionaires,billionaires soon to be if not already trillionaires should be paying taxes higher taxes. Government has given them plenty of tax breaks and loopholes they can use and abuse on top of many skip out on paying any taxes or the wrong amounts.
The elephant in the room. One in four Family's don't have a second parent. 1970 was 1 in 60.
We’re with you Bernie. I don’t hear any other Dems talking about it.
Any other Dems? Stupid. Bernie is not a Democrat.
They may be afraid. Trump has weaponizd it and the pubs will once again try to take it all away again.
I do. I hear Democrats talking about investing in and expanding SS all the time. AOC, Raskin, Warren, Sanders, Porter, Grijalva, the whole of the progressive caucus...
It's the Republicans that make any progress on any issue for the people utterly impossible. A lasting Democratic supermajority is needed.
@@Shichard2006 If you assume that what the liberal Democrats are proposing is progress then you need a lobotomy.
Because when FDR started the New Deal need taxed the corporations and the rich 94% and that is what paid for Social Security
I would like to see a bill passed that says if Congress is unable to balance the budget, they dont get paid. And that no money leaves the country for foreign aid unless it comes out of a surplus in the countries budget
scream like dumbf : dont have the money wah wah
As a 64 yr old working to help others in my career, mostly just making it month to month, social security is going to be a lot of what I depend on. It won’t cover all my costs for sure.
Rent controls or roll backs for Seniors should be a part of social security. Rents tied to cpi would help, and increases frozen for tenants 55 or 60 and over even better.
Roll backs perhaps as a HUD program to just actual inflation tied to what properties originally rented at.
The rental market is trying to tie itself to mortgages and bubble real estate values vs what is affordable for people generally but especially retirees and anyone nearing retirement.
I sure hope there are more in the Congress that will help you do the right things, and i hope in younger generations like AOC to lead with their good consciences 🙏🙏🙏
You are a role model of leadership by and for The People.
Bless you in all things ✨
amen Bernie🙏🕊🌹🏹
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One thing we Need to do is raise the amount paid into social security for every com0any that does nit offer a pension plan that is not part of the wall street 401ks or lra's. They should pay 25% into social security as there contribution to retirement. One thing that is good about this idea is that like the 2008 collapse of the world economy we lost pensions and one fact is they get stolen a lot more than you think. Companies that do offer a pension plan should have to hand over the money to the government for safe keeping. While pensions disappeared back in the 2008 debacle social security still sent out checks while the rich CEO's got 60 million dollar golden parachutes. Many people lost everything and many are now living in cars or on the streets. If you have BIG business you have to have BIG Government regulations to control them because they seem to have no c9ntrol over themselves, which the last 40 years plus has proven.
Get rid of the Social Security Cap.
Problem solved.
So reduce your income and take more in perks.
Jeff Bezos made less than 84k as CEO of Amazon for years.
Ok, I will take 40k in income and the rest in perks. Tax free.
Sounds good.
We're not the wealthiest country; we have some of the wealthiest people.
Absolutely correct 💯 true facts
Thank you Senator Bernie Sanders for always fighting for the regular people your the Best 💯 🙏🏼
Congress must stop the waste nof tax dollars 💰
Remove the cap. Let the people who can afford it pay their fair share.
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Stop giving all this money to illegals and other countries and help your disabled Americans and elderly Americans...
Nothing to do with SS
If they take social security away, I will loose my house and be homeless.
When that comes for me - i will not go gently into that good night. They will experience my rage at the dying of the light.
If you know that Social Security will be short, you can save early. I remember many people telling me in the early 1980's, " Don't expect any social security>" So I started and IRA when I was 25 and started plowing money into mutual funds. And apparently a lot of other people did too. Because the Stock Market took off after that.
Retirement age should be at 50 years old. Or if they want us working and old people then they need to make 24 hrs fulltime hrs
Social security is another failed government plan
They need to increase social security.!!!! For all recipients..
Bernie Sanders for President. Health care is the most important thing to get at this time in the history of mankind. He went to U Chicago, like me, and is super intelligent. I dropped out. Complete national health care has to be adopted;- even Nick Freitas' mom can get Alzheimer's
What is considered health care? Haircuts, fingernails, or other items like this.
I am just so jealous that my state of Pennsylvania do not have a senator like Bernie Sanders. Mr. Sanders would you consider moving to the keystone state ??
You are the man for sure Sir.
Bernie Sanders always fighting the good fight for the more common Americans. Thank you Bernie for being a voice of reason. ❤
The money is there, the drive or mandate is strong due to so many seniors. More seniors than at any time in U.S. history! Therefore, the field is Prime, so just do it Bernie! JUST DO IT. !!!!
Not now
I agree Bernie.
I believe it is imperative that we address these social safety nets before the next wave of disruptive technologies emerges. With automation, AI, and robotics reaching new heights, we cannot afford to be reactive in devising a plan for the potential displacement of millions of jobs.
The billionaires would see us all die before retirement. Seriously they would.
You're right. They're genocidal.
If you lived for another 1000 years you'd still be making a living off of the blight of the American people
Thankfully, my 10th grade Social Studies teacher explained the
Social Security PONZI math in 1977, so I never factored it into my retirement.
In the 30’s there were 17 workers splitting the benefit of each recipient.
Today there are 3 young people paying for each recipient.
In just a few years, there will be just 2.
Listen to this, he speaks truth. Save the American dream. Don’t vote for Donald Trump .
Many of the people and elders that I know only get around $973 a month in social security, some are homeless, some live in section 8 housing or low income housing, some in senior living facilities and some live with their other family members. A few get food stamps of about $167 while others get $30 per month. The Medicaid and Medicare program takes about $60 to $150 out of their checks every month and they have to pay co-pays for their medications and doctor visits, medication is $3 to $30 dollars per prescription and doctors visits are $ 30 to $50 per visit. Section 8 housing costs 1/3rd of their income. These people on social security are really living off of about $95 per week after paying rent, medical, and doctor visits. Phone service costs $45 per month, car insurance $100 per month (if they have one), internet $45-80 per month, heating fuel, electricity, and water/sewage are other expanses. So that $30 to $167 in food stamps might feed them if they are lucky. These elders need more funding to live not just barely survive.
Thank you Bernie. This has to be done to help, and save Social Security, and of course, the people on it. You should be President, but I like Joe.
Please vote for Bernie Sanders Bill 😢 please 😢😢 we really need the help 😢 because me and my husband gets 1300 a month and our rent is 1000 dollars a month and I think God for the extra help from my United health medical card because I used that to put on my lights.😢
Go Bernie, you are the man.
What happens when you pay minimum wage to the crew of a large shipping vessel??? It crashes into a bridge!!!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE write the bestselling book on this Bernie! Include the history of Social Security, and what has happened ever since. By administration, in graphs. And the numbers, the numbers, the numbers.
Before Raygumb imposed NeoLiberalism, 60% of retirees had a pension, today, only 4% of U.S retirees have a pension. Tax the Rich, again, & we'll make Social Security solvent. Absolutely love Bernie Sanders. 😊
Do rich people have less Property Rights than the rest of us?
VOTE BLUE ACROSS THE
BOARD. SOUTHERN STATES YOU WANT KEEP
SOCIAL SECURITY. MEDICAL CARE AND HIGHER WAGES. WAKE UP
VOTE BLUE .
I wish my senators did a damn thing except vote blue when necessary. As far as i can tell they do nothing else for us constituents. I want a bernie to vote for in my state. Someone who is actively active!
I love you Burnie...
Need SS and you can’t get it, then need attorney but finding someone that handles that is impossible in small town America… screwed screwed and die screwed!!!
Wrong Mr Sanders. People who are wealthy do not need social security. The program can be quickly modified by passing a law to block people making more than $400K a year from withdrawing anything from Social Security. Shrink the number of people getting checks.
But also in that quick law change, remove the annual maximum income requiring deductions from paychecks. It is counter-intuitive that high earners don't pay their equal percentage of income into the program, but still get to take the largest checks out of the program when they reach their eligible age.
And of course, in more comprehensive legislation, change the rules that allow CEO's to reclassify workers into independent contractors, to avoid paying the employer's share into the SS program.
It could even be needed to charge social security fee equivalents on goods and services IMPORTED into the US, since CEO's often outsource work to those other countries just to avoid the employer's share of SS contributions.
means test hello
Congressmen doing ok
BERNIE; WHATTA-GUY!! 😅❤🎉
The richest people in our country could help others but apparently MacKenzie Scott is the only one doing it. Being a senior now myself, it is shocking how they expect us to live on so little with no dental or vision care either. Shameful.
The rich are helping by creating jobs. How does raising their taxes allow them to create more jobs?
Only true caring human being in the American government...for the poor man and woman and family...Thank you Bernie Sanders for your caring heart and mind and soul.
Bernie wants to expand SS so he and his cronies can raid it again!
SS is going to be insolvent in 10 years.
How can we expand benefits to money that has been mismanaged?
The poverty level right now is $1400 and change per month. There are many senior citizens whose Social Security is a lot less than that. Which also means that they rely on subsidies by either charity or government for their housing, their food, their medical care. so they’re getting the money, one way or another but they’re having to jump through hoops and apply for programs. They don’t understand and many of them still at this point do not own or know how to use a computer, let alone a cell phone. That will change over the next two decades, however, most government agencies want you to apply online. Which means they have to hire a broker or an accountant or a lawyer to do these things for them. How much more do our senior citizens have to pay just to survive?
I don't know if his solution is viable, but something needs to be done. Social Security really does need to be fixed!. Pensions have either dried up or are very small. Many people work decades sometimes doing back breaking work, only to end up poor. At least Sen. Sanders is trying to do something. I'm very disappointed that neither Trump nor Biden has actually done something positive regarding Social Security. Sen Sanders should be surrounded by people backing his plan. Guess that the other progressives, especially the young ones, don't care about older people. True! As a Democrat and a Senior Citizen I am very disappointed in my party and Pres. Biden! Like many Seniors I vote every time the poles open and I'll certainly factor in this topic when I vote.