SS isn't means tested.
That means that Warren Buffett qualifies for and is estimated to receive a Social Security check of around $5,181 per month.
To make payments like that to people like Warren Buffett when after 2033 receipts (current payroll SS tax collections) are only ~78% of outlays is bad policy. The Democrats setup this ponzi operated by Uncle Sam, but that didn't stop it from being a ponzi.
By current law, SS outlays are restricted to the SS payroll tax receipts designated.
Now the government could change the law and borrow to fill the gap, so that we add trillions more to the debt in order to send $5000+/mo checks to the people like Warren Buffett who don't need it.
But that would be ruinous to the nation, and greedy of the richest Boomers, so let's see what they decide...
“Warren Buffett”
Warren Buffet is not the richest cohort in the USA.
1.Warren Buffett”
Warren Buffet is not the richest cohort in the USA.
“That means that Warren Buffett qualifies for and is estimated to receive a Social Security check of around $5,181 per month.”
And, how much has he been paid in for the last 69 years.