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by chaostheory 1076 days ago
The main problem is that senior retirees are beginning to out number working adults who fund the system. Only skilled legal immigration can stem the tide, but that is not politically popular even amongst liberals. The end result is an entitlement system that is no longer sustainable.

https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/Series/Anal...

> And that’s only if there is any political will to do so.

More taxes can only do so much if that was what you were implying. Middle class families can barely support themselves now let alone subsidize the little income they have left. Case in point, in the US for a family to have the same economic power as families in the past; they must make $240,000 - $300,000 depending on the metro