Cant imagine making 30 k a year and having to pay even 1600 in taxes. This is saying it will increase that much.

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      Not OP but, I think the top earners would be taxed more. To the best of my understanding there is currently a cap on social security for the highest earners.

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      Most countries already have a budget deficit or at least they generally will when they start increasing the social security budget. So when the US starts to really fund a social security system taxes will increase. If you calculate the marginal tax income (so tax paid + the missed social security others get) it means that a lot will see a tax increase as well.