Scrap the cap! Make millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share into Social Security.

Petition to Congress: "We urge you to scrap the cap on Social Security taxes, make millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share of Social Security taxes, and protect and expand Social Security benefits for seniors." ADD YOUR NAME While billionaires like Elon Musk take advantage of the broken American tax system, many seniors are struggling to get by. While House Republicans try to slash Social Security, Senator Bernie Sanders is fighting to protect and expand benefits. Sen. Sanders said recently, "It is absurd that a billionaire in America today pays the same amount of Social Security taxes as someone making $168,000 a year." Teachers, nurses, and customer service workers all pay a greater percentage of their incomes in Social Security taxes than Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. It's time to end this unfair, outrageous tax loophole for the rich and strengthen one of America's most important social safety net programs. Sign the petition: Protect and expand Social Security! It's time to get rid of the ridiculous cap on Social Security taxes for millionaires and billionaires. The vast majority of workers pay into Social Security all year long, but millionaires and billionaires don't have to because of the cap on Social Security taxes. The Social Security Board recently released a report concluding that Social Security will have a funding shortfall without tax increases on the rich. This is a crisis for one of the most important social safety net programs in America. Big corporate CEOs only pay Social Security taxes at the very beginning of the year — then, their massive salaries roll into their bank accounts without paying into the program. This is not how our tax system should work. And it's not how a democracy should function. Instead of doing what the American people demand and making the wealthy pay their fair share, Wall Street-funded politicians are trying to set up a closed-door commission to cut Social Security in secret. We can't let it happen. Sign the petition to Congress: Scrap the Cap, protect Social Security, and make the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share! ADD YOUR NAME Paid for by DEMAND PROGRESS   Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Progress America, please click here.