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125. Huh??

Ok you know taxes are going to go up. You are in the process of selling something you own. The have a choice to try to make it happen to pay less taxes? Who in their right mind wouldn't do that? I'm an honest person and I would have done the same thing. When the big benefits for home buying were going on years ago I rushed to buy a house for an extra low interest rate after Sept. 11, 2001. Does that make me a bad person or smart investor?

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	OP
The temporary 2% payroll tax cut expired. n/t	PoliticAverse	Jan 2013	#1
yep	Liberal_in_LA	Jan 2013	#8
It should have never been done in the first place. It hurt social security /nt	still_one	Jan 2013	#79
Not true. FICA (Social Security) taxes go into the general fund.	the botnet	Jan 2013	#138
Well, at least we don't have to guess about your intelligence.	ret5hd	Jan 2013	#143
...	SammyWinstonJack	Jan 2013	#146
That is blatantly not true.	RC	Jan 2013	#148
Not Bush, but Obama	Soft Tips	Jan 2013	#178
Holiday and trust fund	fingusernames	Jan 2013	#193
Who is pretending?	AllyCat	Jan 2013	#156
"The payroll tax income itself goes into the General Fund"	the botnet	Jan 2013	#174
Your link quotes the Heritage Foundation.	Liberal In Texas	Jan 2013	#213
It was called a 2% tax holiday and it just expired. You are now paying what you were....	OldDem2012	Jan 2013	#2
It went back to what it was 2 years ago.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jan 2013	#3
Thank you all for the answers. nt	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#4
This is what you pay so that you can receive a semi-decent social security payment at retirement.	dkf	Jan 2013	#5
No	atreides1	Jan 2013	#7
Chaining the CPI has no impact on your initial payment.	dkf	Jan 2013	#18
Really, so initial payments increase with the CPI and we	Progressive dog	Jan 2013	#33
The initial payments have been the same percentage of your income since 1990.	Ms. Toad	Jan 2013	#132
Chained CPI will affect initial payments because they too will not go up with the generally	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#83
They use the average wage index to calculate your initial payments, not CPI or chained CPI.	dkf	Jan 2013	#175
This post was hidden by jury decision.	travis_mcgee	Jan 2013	#110
Freepers are simply brain dead morons	leftynyc	Jan 2013	#123
This post was hidden by jury decision.	travis_mcgee	Jan 2013	#128
No - fantasy world	leftynyc	Jan 2013	#129
"putting tax cuts on a credit card"	Soft Tips	Jan 2013	#181
iraq was bush's disaster, but afghanistan is someone else's	owenmagoo	Jan 2013	#183
Temp decrease for employee contribution, 6.2% to 4.2%, expired. Returned to previous rate.	pinto	Jan 2013	#6
Thank you for the excellent information. nt.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#12
+1	uponit7771	Jan 2013	#25
No limit on Medicare tax?	tularetom	Jan 2013	#61
I'm sick of them avoiding their fair share	uhlerster	Jan 2013	#97
This post was hidden by jury decision.	travis_mcgee	Jan 2013	#111
Huh??	titaniumsalute	Jan 2013	#125
Another asshole freeper	leftynyc	Jan 2013	#127
It's not what he did but the hypocrisy behind it	Earthworm	Jan 2013	#159
Yet, I bet you are one that complains whenever your car hits a pothole.	Live and Learn	Jan 2013	#165
Who wants to pay higher taxes?	leftynyc	Jan 2013	#173
I see no credible source for that information.	Live and Learn	Jan 2013	#162
No, no limit on Medicare taxable wages	REACTIVATED IN CT	Jan 2013	#194
This post was hidden by jury decision.	houkster	Jan 2013	#201
That break was one of the only stimulus options Obama had left two years ago.	JoePhilly	Jan 2013	#9
Illinois	fingusernames	Jan 2013	#196
As always, state tax issues are state tax issues.	JoePhilly	Jan 2013	#197
Just so you know, Obama and many Democrats wanted to keep the lower SS withholdings.	denverbill	Jan 2013	#10
I don't want the lower withholdings. I paid the higher taxes and am now on Social Security.	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#84
Because the "holiday" was speeding up SS's path to bankruptcy.	travis_mcgee	Jan 2013	#112
+1.	SammyWinstonJack	Jan 2013	#147
Wouldn't doing that underfund Social Security?	Freddie Stubbs	Jan 2013	#118
Yes, and that was the point.	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 2013	#180
Repugs want to kill off the fund? Really?	Ratteau	Jan 2013	#185
Indeed	fingusernames	Jan 2013	#195
But hey, everybody says it's a good thing!	Bake	Jan 2013	#11
I really can't handle the decrease right now.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#13
The works of tearorists in the house, once more. nt	Amonester	Jan 2013	#15
2% smaller....	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#26
I don't want to make light of this situation, but the increase oin deductions is 2%!	napi21	Jan 2013	#32
Pretty sizable chunk of change. Almost a weeks worth of groceries.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#40
Did you vote for the Ryan plan to preserve SS?	travis_mcgee	Jan 2013	#113
"hurtling even faster towards bankruptcy "	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#119
Why is that funny?	travis_mcgee	Jan 2013	#122
That is nothing but a wore out rw meme.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#135
Not only an ignorant notion...	skinnydipinacid	Jan 2013	#160
Cute Travis, cute. Have a nice day. nt.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#171
The Debt-Paying Generation Speaks	Soft Tips	Jan 2013	#186
It shouldn't impact each paycheck that much -	Ms. Toad	Jan 2013	#133
That is $46 a month.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#134
I was just trying to figure out your time frame.	Ms. Toad	Jan 2013	#151
Payroll is taxed on the day the check is written.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#168
Makes sense.	Ms. Toad	Jan 2013	#177
Wanted to add. I do see what you are saying.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#172
Not to mention the prices are higher than two years ago for a variety of goods	Puzzledtraveller	Jan 2013	#139
Its $1000 a year if you make $50,000.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#50
It's not a lot	SoCalNative	Jan 2013	#68
This had nothing to do with collecting SS when you retire.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#166
That would be nice...	Ratteau	Jan 2013	#187
That's about $20/week. It's nothing to sneeze at, but	napi21	Jan 2013	#71
$1000 divided by 52 weeks is about $20 per week.	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#86
$86 a month is a lot. That would pay for....	Honeycombe8	Jan 2013	#94
It isn't a pittance, but someone earning $50,000 per year is doing a lot better	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#99
I know I would like to get a 2% raise	d_r	Jan 2013	#101
I feel your pain and will be soon when I get my check	Puzzledtraveller	Jan 2013	#124
If it makes you feel any better	dragonlady	Jan 2013	#22
Remind me of the Republican proposal to extend the temporary 2% reduction	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#28
Wait, I thought that tax cuts were eeeevil!	travis_mcgee	Jan 2013	#114
Actually, you are quite wrong, doubly wrong even.	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#145
Looks like someone didn't prepare. What about temporary holiday didn't you understand?	lonestarnot	Jan 2013	#14
Guessing this is sarcasm. Normally I can easily detect it. nt.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#17
Probably not sarcasm. The holiday was only two years.	ieoeja	Jan 2013	#24
Amen...	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#27
Were any other cuts set to expire. So no, it wasn't expected.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#41
Yes, all of the Bush tax cuts were set to expire	travis_mcgee	Jan 2013	#116
But should I have expected them to expire and planned on it.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#121
You will find little sympathy here, it is less a trait these days of the left	Puzzledtraveller	Jan 2013	#142
I won't be happy taking less money home.	LWolf	Jan 2013	#16
I hope in the end it all works out for you.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#19
Thanks for the good thoughts. nt	LWolf	Jan 2013	#169
That is one awful story.	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#30
I do, too. Thanks. nt	LWolf	Jan 2013	#170
If you keep voting for policies that harm business...	travis_mcgee	Jan 2013	#117
Oh look, we have a "success punisher" belcher.	HughBeaumont	Jan 2013	#131
I vote for policies that hurt RW douchebags	jpak	Jan 2013	#137
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Jim pel	Jan 2013	#198
Go fuck yourself, freeper	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Jan 2013	#150
"Voting for policies that harm business."	LWolf	Jan 2013	#167
Its OK	ORINOCO	Jan 2013	#20
Welcome to DU!	Xipe Totec	Jan 2013	#37
LOL	leftstreet	Jan 2013	#46
If the tearorists succeeded to make you struggle too much, maybe DUers could...	Amonester	Jan 2013	#21
Actually if that cut continued it would change the very nature of Social Security..	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#23
Just to be clear, the holiday actually decreased SS taxes to 10.4% from 12.4%	AZ Progressive	Jan 2013	#51
It's worth it for the cause.	madfloridian	Jan 2013	#100
Worth it? I don't know.	PETRUS	Jan 2013	#102
Thank you	wryter2000	Jan 2013	#59
You were on holiday	Warpy	Jan 2013	#29
Thanks for the reasoned reply.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#42
Don't worry about it. It's not really a tax.	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#31
OK ... I get your right wing gun philosophy ....	Trajan	Jan 2013	#58
Whuh?	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#144
im confused	OhZone	Jan 2013	#34
Yes, I do have a check for this month. By tomorrow, everyone paid weekly will.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#43
I have scant experience with 'weekly payroll' jobs. So please explain how and why you are paid	Bluenorthwest	Jan 2013	#155
why did they deduct more	onethatcares	Jan 2013	#35
Any IRS changes are effective with "wages paid in 2013"	Freddie	Jan 2013	#36
Regardless of any bill passage, the holiday expired Dec 31st	geek_sabre	Jan 2013	#95
If you got a check dated Jan. 2	Freddie	Jan 2013	#105
Does anyone think congress will extend the payroll tax holiday at some point?	ecstatic	Jan 2013	#38
It is more than I was expecting.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#44
At the end most Democrats and Republicans wanted it to expire, only President Obama was	PoliticAverse	Jan 2013	#76
A Good Start	New Proletariat	Jan 2013	#39
Welcome to DU. :)	Amonester	Jan 2013	#45
so you are advocating an offensive war	bigapple1963	Jan 2013	#48
No.	Amonester	Jan 2013	#60
I don't think New Proletariat will be around DU	DonViejo	Jan 2013	#49
Interesting...	New Proletariat	Jan 2013	#77
Not a threat at all...	DonViejo	Jan 2013	#130
So, are you taking any bets?....	OldDem2012	Jan 2013	#53
Not taking any bets....	New Proletariat	Jan 2013	#70
This post was hidden by jury decision.	OldHardHead	Jan 2013	#66
if everyone received the same	blcartwright	Jan 2013	#73
I guess we should just let the people who can't find work starve or die of exposure.	hunter	Jan 2013	#75
the point was	blcartwright	Jan 2013	#81
It's my experience that most people want to work.	hunter	Jan 2013	#90
I agree	blcartwright	Jan 2013	#104
Time Well Spent	ReasonedThoughts	Jan 2013	#191
Every last person does have the ability to say "Take this job and shove it"	FlowerGurl	Jan 2013	#107
25 years ago when I moved to the DC area	blcartwright	Jan 2013	#108
Inheritance tax?	New Proletariat	Jan 2013	#78
I don't think so	blcartwright	Jan 2013	#87
Isn't it fun when they talk to themselves?	dpibel	Jan 2013	#89
Who left the freakin' door open?	SammyWinstonJack	Jan 2013	#154
Had to pay for permanent taxcuts for rich professionals somehow.	kenny blankenship	Jan 2013	#47
Well said	customerserviceguy	Jan 2013	#55
What on Earth are you talking about?	travis_mcgee	Jan 2013	#126
That seems odd. Wouldn't a paycheck received right now	magical thyme	Jan 2013	#52
No. The date on the check is what matters.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#56
even so, it's hard to believe it's that big a change	magical thyme	Jan 2013	#57
$24 a month might not be grocery money to you.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#62
It's that much less that the deficit goes up for Social Security	customerserviceguy	Jan 2013	#54
Nothing, it's just a dream ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2013	#63
How did you get your first 2013 paycheck on Thursday, January 3rd?	jberryhill	Jan 2013	#64
The Date on the Check Is What Matters	chrisau214	Jan 2013	#69
That is simply not true. Tax rates are counted from the time and place you did the work, not	Bluenorthwest	Jan 2013	#157
money show up in ym bank abt 7 am tomorrow	blcartwright	Jan 2013	#74
How often are you paid?	dflprincess	Jan 2013	#80
paid every two weeks	blcartwright	Jan 2013	#85
Did you check the math?	dflprincess	Jan 2013	#92
the math for my SS deduction?	blcartwright	Jan 2013	#98
I lose around $80 a month, but I know the	Riley18	Jan 2013	#65
You will be thankful when you retire and receive your social security checks.	RebelOne	Jan 2013	#67
I'm 37	LoneMarauder	Jan 2013	#91
If you people keep helping to elect republicans that is almost guaranteed.	Little Star	Jan 2013	#176
See post 87. eom	RomneyLies	Jan 2013	#72
You are being asked to pay the Social Security tax that you used to pay before Obama	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#82
For all those bitching and whining about the 2%	doc03	Jan 2013	#88
Don't give them the oportunity...	New Proletariat	Jan 2013	#93
I am just so disgusted I can't even make any more comments n/t	doc03	Jan 2013	#96
Welcome to DU! stoopid hurtz i hurd /no further text follows after this period.	green for victory	Jan 2013	#103
This post was hidden by jury decision.	WillyF	Jan 2013	#209
All this bitching and whining is why this tax holiday was the dumbest idea, period.	SammyWinstonJack	Jan 2013	#158
You are supposed to SAVE that $$ for your retirement. Not spend it	RandiFan1290	Jan 2013	#106
Hey, National Review linked your post	Shrek	Jan 2013	#109
It's probably their OP	RandiFan1290	Jan 2013	#115
Please see post #149	CJCRANE	Jan 2013	#153
Same here, I will find out on the 15th, not looking forward to it.	Puzzledtraveller	Jan 2013	#120
The Delicate Flowers cannot bear to pay for Social Security	jpak	Jan 2013	#136
I am a food stamp and medicaid caseworker	Puzzledtraveller	Jan 2013	#140
I think it didn't hurt people before the temporary tax holiday was enacted	jpak	Jan 2013	#141
Your OP seemed just a little too faux-naif so I searched the archives	CJCRANE	Jan 2013	#149
Good catch!	greatauntoftriplets	Jan 2013	#152
Nice try, troll.	MjolnirTime	Jan 2013	#161
Buck up!	Ganja Ninja	Jan 2013	#163
For some of us that is in 30+ years	AZ Progressive	Jan 2013	#189
Thread title is attracting a lot of Freeper drive-byes	Ash_F	Jan 2013	#164
Money owed to the Social Security Trust	donbrown54	Jan 2013	#179
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Luca	Jan 2013	#182
Elvis has left the building. n/t	L0oniX	Jan 2013	#184
RUSH LIMBAUGH just read this letter on air	BanTheGOP	Jan 2013	#188
They are so pathetically desperate that their traditional hate sites	Rex	Jan 2013	#200
Your takehome pay should be 2% less, in general	REACTIVATED IN CT	Jan 2013	#190
BTW, I wonder how many people know that a total of 12.4% of their income goes toward SS	AZ Progressive	Jan 2013	#192
0. What happened that my SS withholdings in my paycheck just went up.	Juan Nation	Jan 2013	#199
This post was hidden by jury decision.	houkster	Jan 2013	#206
And who put them in debt? Republicans.	Rex	Jan 2013	#211
They are withholding a dollar more per paycheck for me	Rex	Jan 2013	#202
You worked ONE-TWO day this year and your paycheck went down by an uncomfortable amount?	GeorgeGist	Jan 2013	#203
I like your bullshitometer!	Rex	Jan 2013	#205
I just got my first fortnightly paycheck for 2013. It's $113.08 less than my previous paycheck.	slackmaster	Jan 2013	#204
This post was hidden by jury decision.	houkster	Jan 2013	#208
This post was hidden by jury decision.	marty waltin	Jan 2013	#207
fsdasadf	Juan Nation	Jan 2013	#210
How did you find this site?	Rex	Jan 2013	#212

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