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Old 04-15-2015, 07:55 AM
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Changes in the law come from Congress. It doesn't matter what he wants, if a bill isn't passed by Congress then nothing will change. This is strictly a position statement that he believes SS needs to be reformed and it does. There are numerous suggestions on how to deal with the bad trajectory that SS is on. I would not count on any changes to SS benefits anytime soon. A removal of the maximum annual tax is a possibility. However, I expect nothing will be done until there SS becomes a crisis. Congress loves a good crisis - good drama.
Mode of operation if congress were responsible for firefighting:

they would wait until they could see the flames in the hallway.

Reaction behavior requires very little thinking. And that is why they do/don't do ANYTHING.