SS & Medicare is 36% btw: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder

SS & Medicare is 36% btw: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder... Healthcare system reform would go a long way to reducing those costs, if somehow we could muster the political will.