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ORIGINAL: tamaka

I think that one thing they should probably get rid of is the spousal support part of social security. Each person should have to work and earn it for themselves.

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For most workers, the bill would cut Social Security benefits substantially. As Michael Linden, associate director for tax and budget policy at Center for American Progress, pointed out on Twitter, a letter from Social Security’s Office of the Actuary calculated workers making around $50,000 would see checks shrink by between 11% and 35%.

I'm sorry for quoting such a small chunk of your original text, Ms. Lastic, but I don't understand what's being said here. Is the assertion that workers who are earning around $50,000 per year will see their paycheques shrink? Or are people who earn $50,000 on the receiving end of some social security renumeration of some kind, and that is what will be shrunk by 11 to 35 percent?

pls just call me Lucy...:)
From what I understand they would see their ss checks decrease

Thanks Lucy, for clarifying. My next question is a little more general: why are people who earn 50k collecting benefits?

dunno the answer to that one ....apart from its apparent there is no means testing.

There is means testing, Lucy. When a retiree earns X amt of dollars his social security is likewise reduced. No one EARNING $50K is collecting SS.