I know my timing couldn't be worse, considering all the recent attention from Rush & his trolls

[OldDem2012]

24. Just a few quick points and you may not like them....

1. The 2% "increase" in FICA taxes is because the "FICA tax holiday" declared two years ago is now over....we are now paying our fair share into Social Security.

2. Again, and it is worth repeating, the 2% FICA increase goes directly to funding Social Security....which is a good thing, IMHO.

3. Any member of the GOP Tea-Nazis trying to blame the President for "raising taxes" is full of crap....Congress, and therefore by default, the GOP Tea-Nazis, is responsible for the bill that contained the elimination of the "2% FICA tax holiday".

Yes, we meet your standards for "barely making ends meat(sic)". My family has been and continues to be in dire straits. I have been unemployed for the last four years and we have been taking food stamps for the same amount of time. We have sold every earthly asset to meet as many of our obligations as we possibly can. We no longer have a second car, savings, jewelry, or any other assets we once owned. We do not have health/medical coverage, and we have no life insurance policies of any kind...we simply can't afford to pay for them. But, we still have one car and we still live in our house. We have recently been approved for a loan modification because we were unable to pay our mortgage for four months over the summer. My wife works two jobs to make ends meet which usually leaves us with $10-$20 dollars left in checking at the end of each month even after paying the much lower trial loan modification payments for the last three months.

But, we understand perfectly well without a Presidential press conference why the FICA taxes have "increased" to return us to the rightful levels and we understand why it was necessary.

One last point....I'll be damned to Hell if we will EVER vote for a GOP Tea-Nazi for anything but a ticket to leave the country on a slow freighter to Antarctica! We're not the only people "barely making ends meat(sic)" who feel the exact same way as we do because WE KNOW WHO GOT US INTO THIS SITUATION AND IT WASN'T THE PRESIDENT!!