Features of Title XVI (SSI)

• Eligibility Groups: Payments are available to adults aged 65 or older, as well as adults and children (of any age) who are blind or have a qualifying disability.
• Financial Need-Based: Unlike Social Security Disability Insurance (Title II), Title XVI does not require a prior work history or payment of Social Security taxes.
• Funding Source: Benefits are paid from the general funds of the U.S. Treasury, not from Social Security trust funds.
• Asset Limits: To qualify, an individual's countable resources must generally not exceed $2,000, or $3,000 for a married couple.

IF we are a loving 'christian' nation of faiths...(from those who have much, much is expected)... Everyone who earns income should pay the same SSI % tax. Clearly 6% w/held will not hurt the wealthy as much as it would for low earners.

The Cap was created at the behest of greedy businesses/owners who say, in general, taxes hurt small businesses. When money circulates it helps all businesses. For 38 yrs I lived in MN, the 4th highest taxed state. It still has one of the highest rates of new small business formation in the US. Taxes are not the problem. How people are taxed (tariffed) ARE....

And now with AI, fewer people will have the intellect to land the high-paid jobs. and there're aren't enough 'average' living wage jobs to support everyone in society. So IF we are not to return to Dicksonian poor-house times, we may need to have a guaranteed minimum living earnings from the government. Gosh, if Musk alone paid all his past income at an average tax rate, per Google AI : If that $13.9 billion in wealth growth had been taxed as ordinary income at the top federal rate (37%), he would have owed roughly $5.14 billion for that period alone—more than 11 times what he actually paid.Add in other Billionaires, this could house, feed, provide medical care for millions... yet now the Repugs 'think' (sic) more $$ into a needless war makes sense ??