I believe this one includes the ability for state AGs to sue the DOJ leadership directly if they aren’t following the law. Apparently the last one didn’t have any enforcement mechanism in the law.

Anybody making more than the cap still pays the tax. The cap just means as far as social security is concerned, you only are taxed and provided benefits as though you earned $184k.

I didn’t realize the paperclip maximizer was a real thought experiment outside this game I found a few years back: https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/