Higher Social Security payroll taxes no longer taboo for GOP

Source: www.rollcall.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center · Published: Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:04:31 GMT

Some Republicans are slowly warming to the idea of raising payroll taxes on upper-income households to shore up Social Security. Rep. Lloyd K. Smucker of Pennsylvania, a top candidate to lead House Budget Committee Republicans in the next Congress, said Thursday that raising the cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes could be […]

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