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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: SilentZ who wrote (215408)1/19/2005 4:01:38 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1573851
 
Z, here's a radical opinion. Why should we have a "trust fund" in the first place? Let's just pay as we go. Let's also turn the SS tax into a true progressive tax.

Better yet, let's just get rid of the SS tax, rebalance the general tax brackets to compensate, and count SS benefits as part of the general expenses. We can even restructure SS benefits based on need and not by past contributions. Why should Bill Gates get more SS benefits than some lifelong blue-collar worker?

Try and figure out why this proposal won't fly.

Tenchusatsu
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