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On the recordSeptember 11, 2024
Reforming Social Security's payroll tax cap could close more than 100 percent of the long-term financing gap.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Suggesting reforms to the payroll tax cap to resolve financing shortfalls.

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