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DURHAM D

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14. Agree with this.

Reply to Scuba (Reply #12)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 12:40 PM

Nov 2013

Also, I would like to see the payout to non-working spouses adjusted. When a one income couple retires they get two SS checks. How does that make sense in this century?

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Sherrod Brown has a solid plan to save Social Security. [View all] cali Nov 2013 OP

Could someone flesh this part out for me? DURHAM D Nov 2013 #1

raising the cap cali Nov 2013 #2

That means the maximum payout would also need to be increased. DURHAM D Nov 2013 #5

I don't think that's correct. could you provide some links? cali Nov 2013 #9

common sense DURHAM D Nov 2013 #10

sorry, but that doesn't answer my question. cali Nov 2013 #11

funny thing "common sense" in that often it's neither leftyohiolib Nov 2013 #16

Currently the wage limit in which FICA is withheld is $113,600, if this limit was lifted then FICA Thinkingabout Nov 2013 #3

Right now, people pay SS taxes only on the first $100,000 or so of income. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #4

The Senator did not mention the cap. DURHAM D Nov 2013 #6

You're, right, he didn't. I don't know what Brown is thinking exactly, LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #7

No. He meant raising the cap. He's repeated stated that. cali Nov 2013 #8

I'd go further. Lift the cap on payroll, impose the tax on capital gains too. Scuba Nov 2013 #12

+100 truebluegreen Nov 2013 #13

Agree with this. DURHAM D Nov 2013 #14

yes. cali Nov 2013 #15

That's my senator! nt riqster Nov 2013 #17

Mine too. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #21

eliminate the cap. add a child stipend. pansypoo53219 Nov 2013 #18

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you clearly know zip about what SS actually is. cali Nov 2013 #20