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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago

And so what? If I pay taxes and never use WIC, is that wrong in some way?

Social Security also funds SSI disability, most of us won't use that but we pay for it. That's how taxes work.

The cap should be removed, it's a tax not a pension plan. We can cap the benefits (higher than it is now) without capping the deduction. Anyone making $1M/year is still going to net hundreds of thousands more than someone making $200K. And both of them will be fine.