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And presumably they’d take away my social security tax, too, right? If I was not going to get it? Right, right?
by FireBeyond 1y ago
And presumably they’d take away my social security tax, too, right? If I was not going to get it? Right, right?
- margalabargala 1y agoYou don't see the problem with funding things like social security or food stamps purely from the people relying most on those services?
- Spivak 1y agoBut SS isn't a tax like the rest of our general taxes. I pay a specific SS tax on my payroll so that when I retire I'm entitled to a payout. If you take away the payout you need to take away the tax. Once you means test SS it becomes more like a welfare program for seniors and ought to be paid for out of the general tax pool like other welfare programs.
- harimau777 1y agoI'm not necessarily opposed to social security being switched to a more conventional tax (assuming that the new tax was at least equally progressive and raised at least as much revenue). However, I also don't see how that makes much of a difference. Social security is a welfare program, it always has been.
- wat10000 1y agoIf SS tax was repealed, and income tax was adjusted to increase by exactly the same amount, would you be happy with it?
- margalabargala 1y agoI'm happy to vote for rearranging the labels of what the things are called if that's what the sticking point is for you.