I think the reason no one talks about this is because its just not possible. Just how many people do you think make over 106K a year in the usa? about 14%. So if you think 14% can support the other 86% you are dreaming.
I may be dreaming but the top 2% make as much as the bottom 58%, so keeping the SS deduction on may suprise you. What is 15% of a million, 150,000, that's like a thousand peoples SS witholdings, do the math and I'm pretty sure you can see that it certainly would make a difference. The sad part is, trhe rich that control this country will never allow this. Think about it. They put this cap on when hardly anyone made over 106,000. Now many do and many make a shitload over 106,000, this is preferential treatment for the rich that can most afford this tax, pretty fucked I'd say.
"Whats right" in this case meaning let the rich use the infrastructure to conduct their commerce (roads, ports, water, electricity, police, firefighters, the legal system, education) but not pay for it because they have more money so they have earned the right not to.
The rich pay almost all of the taxes - anyone who says otherwise is lying.
That is exactly what the left thinks. Merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream.
There is also a cap on how much you can get from SSI. Its Social Security Insurance - not Social Security Unpaid. The top 2% pay more taxes than the bottom 58%. You are supposed to pay into it to get out of it. Social Security is broken because of how it is administered - not how much rich people are paying.
in europe they might be suffering through a hell of a recession but guess what??
That's not even an argument. "Well the liquor store owner might be dead, but at least I have freckles"
You probably never went to school and learned that the Republican party was the Anti-Slavery party, and that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. We will forgive you, I know they don't teach history in school anymore.
it was as much an argument as the jumble of 'facts' you point out every day.
first of all. how dare YOU call somebody else ignorant??? the republican party of abraham lincoln would piss on republicans today FYI.
I dare to call someone ignorant because they said Republicans were confederate slave owners, and Democrats were northerners. Which is completely ignorant.
Democrats The Northern New Yorkers freedom to everybody, Republicans SLAVE OWNERS Confideret Fuck everybody else hang em high BITCHES! IMO"well you're glamorizing the republican party by bringing in Abraham Lincoln.... i just wanted to bring you back to reality...I dare to call someone ignorant because they said Republicans were confederate slave owners, and Democrats were northerners. Which is completely ignorant.
Definition of IGNORANT
1 a : destitute of knowledge or education <an ignorant society>; also : lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified
b : resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or intelligence
2: unaware, uninformed
"Originally Posted by don2009
If that isn't ignorant, then what is? Is this what the left teaches their base?
If the Republican party of 1860 was here right now, you know, they would either become Libertarians or Join the Tea Party depending on how religious they were. Hell, they may even opt for 2nd Amendment solutions. In fact, Im willing to bet the democrats of that time would be too - you know, aside from being in the KKK.
Did I ever mention Sharon Angle, George Bush, Palin, or Boehner? I don't believe I did.
I was responding to the era that the poster was referring to with pertinent historical information relevant to his comment, nothing more.
fixed it for you!If you don't have a GIF Avatar, your posts have no value.
Social security was intended to support those in their old age that had not made a pile of money in their lifetime and would be destitute without it. It was never intended to supplement rich retirees. Why should someone be rewarded with a tax exemption once they reach an income level where they could more afford the deduction that those on the bottom? This is subsidizing the rich. If the cap on deductions were to go away, I'm pretty sure Social Security would be solvent for a long time.. And speaking of another way to address the solvency, if one recieves a certain amount for their retirement, let's say 100K, just for drill, then they would be ineligeble for SS. The pittance of 10-12K to millionaires would not affect them at all. It is time for the rich to come to the table and divvy up some of their excess millions.