{"id":27340,"date":"2023-07-13T12:21:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T19:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=27340"},"modified":"2023-07-13T12:21:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T19:21:07","slug":"sen-ron-johnson-argues-against-rich-paying-fair-share-to-ensure-social-securitys-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/13\/sen-ron-johnson-argues-against-rich-paying-fair-share-to-ensure-social-securitys-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ron Johnson Argues Against Rich Paying Fair Share to Ensure Social Security’s Survival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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U.S. Sen Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) speaks during a Capitol Hill hearing on July 11, 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Tom Williams\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wisconsin Republican millionaire accused working-class Americans of “getting a lot more in return” from the key social program than rich people who pay disproportionately less into its coffers.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BRETT WILKINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jul 12, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson came under fire Wednesday after the multimillionaire Wisconsin Republican asserted during a Senate hearing that Social Security\u2014an economic lifeline for tens of millions of Americans who paid into the system throughout their working lives\u2014unfairly takes from wealthier people to support lower-income retirees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking during the Senate Budget Committee hearing\u2014entitled <\/a><\/em>Protecting Social Security for All: Making the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share<\/a>\u2014<\/em>Johnson said that his Wisconsin constituents “have a basic misconception about Social Security.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson\u2014one of the wealthiest U.S. senators, according to<\/a> the watchdog OpenSecrets\u2014derided Social Security, a key New Deal program, as a “nanny state” scheme enacted because the government doesn’t trust Americans to save for retirement on their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Most people think, ‘Well, that’s my money,’ and, in fact, part of it is,” the senator continued. “If you’re in a low-income group, you’re getting a lot more in return than you invested in… If you’re in the high-income, you’re not getting what you paid in.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOP wants to \u201csave\u201d Social Security by raising age to 69 & cutting benefits.

Dems have a better plan: Social Security Expansion Act!

Expands Social Security benefits by $2,400\/year and fully funds for 75 years by applying payroll tax to incomes over $250,000.

Best solution!<\/p>— Lisa S. (@CassidyRae1414) July 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>