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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: My taxes just went up.... [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)20. I have to say, that somehow I never noticed any difference
in my take-home pay when the idiotic reduction in the payroll tax went into effect. And no, it's not because I make so incredibly much that I go over it on the first paycheck. It might well be because my exact hours of work often vary from paycheck to paycheck, so that the variation is always more than the decrease, and now the increase, in FICA.
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As someone who goes over the cap each year, I totally agree. It needs to be removed or at the
LoisB
Jan 2013
#12
If they would just raise the cap to 1% of the income of top 1%, would pay for SS for all, forever.
leveymg
Jan 2013
#29
Even in E Germany, they could only dream that everyone carried around a device that broadcast their
leveymg
Jan 2013
#69
I don't think this is a nonsense thread. It's a valid argument I'm going to hear from repugs. nt
yeswecanandwedid
Jan 2013
#31
Then your repug "friends" are misinformed and will look very silly to most people.
Lisa D
Jan 2013
#59
Get over it!! The 4.2% was a temporary stimulus. It should never had been reduced from 6.2%
Filibuster Harry
Jan 2013
#30
No tax increase. Things just returned to the way they were as recently as a year or so ago.
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#33