Reply #14: How could that be so when the percentage is flat?

[TheKentuckian]

It by definition must be a larger benefit to higher earners up to the cap and those that earn in excess of the cap still get the maximum return.

I also fail to see what is nebulous about changing the program to self funding and indeed a lender to the US Government to being dependent on the general fund and a direct deficit driver. It is like some people haven't been paying attention for several decades, the entire impetus behind this Republican initiative has always been to de-fund Social Security or failing that to make it a welfare program and we have fallen right for it.

People are acting like this is some new and fresh idea that ever clever Obama devised, when in reality it is more bad and rejected rehash from earlier years.