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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (424342)	7/8/2003 6:19:12 PM
From: Peter O'Brien	Respond to of 769670

But the Social Security payroll deduction is not a tax. Isn't that what the liberals want us to believe? It is an "investment" in a "trust fund" for the person's retirement! How can you possibly call an "investment" in a "trust fund" the same thing as a "tax"? When you invest your own money in the stock market, is that a "tax" too?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (424342)	7/8/2003 6:43:12 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

<<The guy that makes a million a year certainly does not pay the same percent of payroll taxes as the guy that makes less than $100,000.>> You want to bitch about Social Security, House members pay no Social Security but get, after one term, $15,000 a month retirement.