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Sorry, what you propose is not possible.

Social security is a so-called "pay as you go" system. Payments to today's retirees are funded by withholdings from today's workers.

Thus if you cut off withholding for SS, you immediately cut off benefits.

(In the real world, that is.)

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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile View Post
SS & medicare should be cut off effective tomorrow. As in, those who have paid in get out what they paid in, but no more withholding for it starting tomorrow. Effectively, end the program. It's doomed to failure anyway.
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