Reply #38: Much of their income is not via wages - the only thing subject to the tax

[karynnj]

Capital gains, dividends etc make up a lot of that. But, if you make the change to tax that - more middle class people will have a new tax than the excise tax on the top 3% of all plans - and you saw the outrage on that.

Many others have pointed out that people in that age range with jobs msy not want to retire as they do not have enough money.