2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: DNC shields Hillary Clinton from debate stage [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)middle class. And in more expensive areas, they really aren't either.
Right now, the wealthy pay the same payroll taxes as people earning under, I think it is sill around $107,000.
Lifting the cap on people who make $107,000 and requiring them to the current percentage of pay payroll taxes on all their income combined with lowering payroll taxes on people earning under, say $50,000 a year would lift the burden on the real middle class, people earning under $100,000 per year of paying VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES.
Hillary was completely wrong in the debate portion that you quoted. I remember at the time just sitting stunned at how utterly little she knows about how ordinary Americans live and how little money we made/make.
She is a terrible debater.