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In reply to the discussion: Do you support Democrats' plan to ELIMINATE taxes on Social Security benefits? [View all]OLDMDDEM
(1,579 posts)77. Of course!
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Do you support Democrats' plan to ELIMINATE taxes on Social Security benefits? [View all]
Buttoneer
Mar 6
OP
A Bill with seven co-sponsors (none in Leadership) doesn't sound like its going anywhere.
brooklynite
Mar 6
#6
Obama tried to do that and even Democrats blasted him calling it the "Catfood Commission."
Silent Type
Mar 6
#20
Very familiar. In fact, since that time there were a few years where we would have fared better.
Silent Type
Mar 6
#45
Hell yes. We already PAID a tax -- it IS a tax. It always feels like an insult to pay a tax on top of a tax.
Hekate
Mar 6
#5
It is/originates in/ a payroll tax. I distinctly remember it coming out of my pitiful paychecks at age 15.
Hekate
Mar 6
#19
Indeed, and for which I get taxed when I draw on it. I knew I could count on someone to quibble.
Hekate
Mar 6
#24
I don't receive SS, and am not sure if it's actually insurance, but FICA means Federal Insurance Contributions Act.
ancianita
Mar 6
#39
Yep. It's a crap shoot if one can actually claim what they & their companies contributed into it.
TheBlackAdder
Mar 6
#23
No. I am required to collect SS at my age although I still work. I am pleased to pay taxes...
NNadir
Mar 6
#34
As I am now of the age, I could receive said benefit (I am not taking it for 5 years)
liberal N proud
Mar 6
#36
yes, early stupid ronald raygun attempt to privatize . we need to have a wealth tax again.
AllaN01Bear
Mar 6
#42
Ain't gonna happen. Another irritant, those of us still working into 70s paying SS tax
Silent Type
Mar 6
#46
yes. but we need to fix ss fubding. we kill the cap + lower the %. greenspan's biggest fuckup.
pansypoo53219
Mar 6
#55