Reply #67: 2013 is a false figure

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As for your comment on the general tax rates, it appears you are confused about the self employment tax, which is of course separate and distinct from income taxes, and requires the self-employed pay both the normal portion of FICA, plus approximately 1/2 of what the employer would normally pay.

I understand it all perfectly well, despite your inferences otherwise. I understand the uses of the money, the idea of the trust fund fiction, etc. The excess payments were not intended to be used that way, although they have been. I don't have a problem with the money being used to help the needy, but I do have a problem with giving more tax cuts to the uber-wealthy at my expense and the expense of the middle class. As do most of us here. Your viewpoint is definitely not in line with most Democrats on SS.

And yes, I am "indeed a lawyer" - Order of the Coif, Law Review, published numerous times, president of my local bar association, etc. Are you inferring I am not? While I do not specialize in SS, I do know enough to know much of what you say is false.