Independentthinker
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Means testing means that people like Bill Gates wouldn't get a SS check. Yes, most means testing has levels where it phases out but it phases out entirely at some point. Which means that Bill Gates wouldn't get a SS check.No it doesn't. means testing means that the how much you receive varies based on how much income you have.
People with low incomes get a bigger effective benefit that those with slightly higher incomes and more than those with high incomes.
That is means testing.
Now if you want to say "incomes above such-n-such shouldn't receive any benefits". That is fine, that is also means testing. However to say that currently Social Security isn't means tested, is false.
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