Removing the cap is a complete no-brainer but on its own not enough to solve the problem. The fact we can’t even do that gives me zero confidence that it will be solvent to fully pay benefits when I ultimately retire.

There’s a polished calculator for the impact of each policy change here: https://www.crfb.org/socialsecurityreformer/

Imo there are many reasonable solutions, but the only “free” thing that won’t upset the public is removing the cap, and we can’t even do that.