Woman tells Iowa Senator: Raise payroll tax cap for Social Security

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Source: Think Progress - RawReplay
By Andrew Jones

It was the town hall event that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) probably wanted to avoid having.

According to Think Progress, a number of residents at the Iowa Senator’s town hall Monday evening expressed their support for Social Security, including one individual who urged that Congress raise the payroll tax cap.

“My question is, why can’t we raise the wage cap in order to ensure that Social Security can continue on as it is without talking about cutting it?” Rosie Partridge said, the woman who asked the question to Grassley.

Partridge also mentioned the fact that, along with her husband, she is a small business owner who would not mind seeing an increase in her own taxes if it strengthens the program. “The business would pay more, too,” she said. “And you know what? No complaints. We want to have Social Security!”

Read more and watch the video from Think Progress, from August 29, 2011

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/08/woman-tells-iowa-senator-raise-payroll-tax-cap-for-social-security/