the_spectator
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Sat Mar-05-05 09:44 PM
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3. I want to see them go futher than that. |
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There IS no "Social Security trust fund." All the money goes into the general fund, and is spend accordingly. FICA is nothing more nor less, at this point, than a massively regressive form of taxation. I want to see the Democrats tell the truth about this. I want them to propose getting rid of the whole sorry shell game, eliminate FICA completely, and replace it instead with a revenue-neutral increase in income taxes. We could still give people their Social Security pension money, but it would be a HUGE load off the backs of middle class working people.
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