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Enrique

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31. don't look at your next paycheck

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 01:55 PM

Jan 2013

if you can't take it

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I could not have taken a100 dollar monthly tax hike [View all] arely staircase Jan 2013 OP

if you pay into social security... Mona Jan 2013 #1

how so arely staircase Jan 2013 #2

Because the payroll tax cut was apparently the one tax cut they didn't want to extend/alter. n/t W_HAMILTON Jan 2013 #3

Not to defend Obama, but the payroll tax cut that was just ended was the same mistaken payroll tax coti Jan 2013 #25

Yes... W_HAMILTON Jan 2013 #30

Good! We have to fund Social Security and it should have never been cut in the first place. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #36

Youre kidding, right?? darkangel218 Jan 2013 #28

No. n/t W_HAMILTON Jan 2013 #29

You probably just got a big tax hike jfern Jan 2013 #4

Yeah. W_HAMILTON Jan 2013 #6

payrol.ss.cuts arely staircase Jan 2013 #7

To the rate that people have paid since the 1980s. It's worth it to have Social Security JDPriestly Jan 2013 #12

yes arely staircase Jan 2013 #19

I would have taken an 8% reduction in yearly income. Which would have meant me having to find JaneyVee Jan 2013 #5

Our minivan is paid for, so there was always going to be a roof over our heads. Kennah Jan 2013 #8

SHOTGUN! JaneyVee Jan 2013 #15

I'm somewhat serious in the belief we may see tent cities of people living out of their vans Kennah Jan 2013 #21

1300 bucks a year arely staircase Jan 2013 #9

Hey! We who are now retired used to pay those 1300 bucks a year more than you will pay. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #13

Yes, I gotta agree. RebelOne Jan 2013 #32

I was told earlier that the $150-$200 that would probably leave each paycheck alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #10

100 dollar hit arely staircase Jan 2013 #11

We who were not born yesterday paid the rates that would have come back. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #14

I don't think it's an issue of people not wanting to pay taxes Kennah Jan 2013 #16

No, it's an issue of people NOT living that close to the edge Occulus Jan 2013 #17

Perhaps I was unclear, but I was not talking about one percenters. Kennah Jan 2013 #20

thats me arely staircase Jan 2013 #18

Buy we did it. We did not have a lot of the things people have today -- cell phones, etc. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #22

Our sons cannot fathom, 15.85 % home loan interest SoCalDem Jan 2013 #23

Read Elizabeth Warren some time Kennah Jan 2013 #24

Totally agree ... mrsadm Jan 2013 #26

the arrogant lefties like every single Democrat in Congress Enrique Jan 2013 #33

time for the 1% to pay for Iraq and Afghanistan. shoulda listened to us. dipshits. bubbayugga Jan 2013 #27

don't look at your next paycheck Enrique Jan 2013 #31

Don't count your chickens (or Benjamins) before they've hatched n2doc Jan 2013 #34

While I understand that your on the edge Nikia Jan 2013 #35