If an employers' Social Security contribution rises, as it does now every year, he will either pass out smaller raises to his workers or increase the price of his products, or both.

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Capuano questions the purported budget surpluses, noting Social Security's contribution, and points to "emergency" spending measures that circumvent spending caps.

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The commission members who opposed privatisation wanted to underpin the solvency of the Social Security trust fund by raising contribution rates.

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