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In reply to the discussion: Why are people receiving social security having to pay taxes? [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(57,379 posts)44. What makes it the business of anybody in the White House to know how much income tax anyone paid?
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Yet somehow the 400 richest families (which is a bracket tracked by the IRS) only pay 8.2%
Hassin Bin Sober
Oct 2021
#37
To be fair, that analysis includes increases in investments that have not been taxable since 1921.
Hoyt
Oct 2021
#43
What makes it the business of anybody in the White House to know how much income tax anyone paid?
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2021
#44
I am a retired steelworker not a f--g millionaire and I pay tax on SS. The threshold for
doc03
Oct 2021
#16
You make a good argument why thresholds in the tax code should be indexed to inflation. n/t
PoliticAverse
Oct 2021
#62
Because since the 80s Democrats compromise when Republicans become obstinate.
halfulglas
Oct 2021
#14
SS is a tax we are paying a tax on a tax. I paid into SS all my life every payday
doc03
Oct 2021
#48
I have brought this subject up every year since 2003 here on DU. But if it doesn't affect
doc03
Oct 2021
#18
When Reagan cut taxes on the rich, it made a budget shortfall. Simple solution? Tax SS.
Midnight Writer
Oct 2021
#24
Tip O'Neill, who naively decided that the Ds should give Reagan's policies a chance
Sibelius Fan
Oct 2021
#52
It doesn't have to be that way. If there is other income to tax, go after that.
SYFROYH
Oct 2021
#34