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In reply to the discussion: The payroll "tax" is not really a tax... [View all]WCGreen
(45,558 posts)17. Believe me, I didn't mean to mislead you and I certainly know my tax
since I have been preparing tax returns for over 25 years now.
The Earned Income Tax was enacted right about the time they increased the FICA contribution back in the 80's and 90's.
Now the expiration of the temporary 2% cut in payroll that has expired is going to be mentioned by the president when the GOP wants to "fix" Social Security.
It was never meant to be permanent.
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The media and pols do a disservice by not explaining this. They want to make it sound like Obama
kelliekat44
Jan 2013
#1
If you want SS to provide a decent standard of living you need to advocate to increase the tax.
dkf
Jan 2013
#2
but you don't know that each and every worker in the 1930s were doing this, do you?
CTyankee
Jan 2013
#29
Small Business Owners and Freelancers have been paying 13% to 15%, and we have to pay more?
AZ Progressive
Jan 2013
#44
To me the FICA tax makes the idea of Social Security as a persons contribution...
WCGreen
Jan 2013
#10
You say, "We can all quibble ..." No. We can't. I'm not quibbling with you.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#15
It's only looked at as a tax because it is tied to the amount you earn and is a mandatory
WCGreen
Jan 2013
#18
The irony is that most people did not even notice they got the "tax cut" but....
kentuck
Jan 2013
#12
Payroll taxes, imo, are taxes subject to income taxes if, and when, politicians are willing
indepat
Jan 2013
#21
Everything you said is true and accurate and I'm surprised there aren't more recs.
Poll_Blind
Jan 2013
#22
You realize FICA tax rate has been raised a few times before right? It hasn't
SWTORFanatic
Jan 2013
#32