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OC375

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4. Gen X

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:32 PM

10 hrs ago

There ain't enough of us, and we don't have the Boomer's lifetime earnings either. Many of us are IT as well. The money isn't gong to be there from taxing wage earner's income alone. SS funding is going to have to change, possibly in some big ways, even if everything was going well.

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Social Security Could Be Under Threat From AI [View all] BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago OP

I got my SS COLA 2026 statement in the mail today with information to go digital.. Deuxcents 10 hrs ago #1

My husband started applying for social security this year in May and it took him almost 3 months to complete the process kimbutgar 10 hrs ago #8

I left mine alone BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #12

Thanks..I'm thinking I'm not gonna go digital..haven't called and never had a problem so..if it ain't broke kinda thing Deuxcents 8 hrs ago #14

21st century needs require 21st century tools..... anciano 10 hrs ago #2

This message was self-deleted by its author GoodRaisin 10 hrs ago #6

The SS system has been under threat for 85 years. The GOP has never liked it walkingman 10 hrs ago #3

Gen X OC375 10 hrs ago #4

If AI is replacing tax-paying wage earners, then it is AI usage that must be taxed. Intractable 10 hrs ago #5

Or by the number of robots in their factories. n/t OnlinePoker 9 hrs ago #9

Social Security has a much greater threat than AI GoodRaisin 10 hrs ago #7

Many products and industries have taxes and fees ToxMarz 9 hrs ago #10

Corporations should pay virtual FICA and income taxes based on the assessed value of their AI labor. . Marcuse 9 hrs ago #11

Let's see, I'm 77 years old, and for PoindexterOglethorpe 9 hrs ago #13

All bullshit Cirsium 8 hrs ago #15

AI is the core problem for the global economy Picaro 6 hrs ago #16

AI replacing people as workers is fine but only if there is a reasonable minimum income system for people. cstanleytech 6 hrs ago #17

The answer, of course, is an automation tax on the companies that make these things. LudwigPastorius 5 hrs ago #18

This is why we need a wealth tax RainCaster 1 hr ago #19