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To: Amy J who wrote (25135)	11/8/2004 6:32:12 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

It's far more shocking for the Bush administration to spend at such a fast pace that during some months spending exceeded the entire total of the nation's income. Of course they blame this on an "out of control Republican Congress" but Bush is the first President in many years to have never vetoed even one single spending bill. While spending at a rate that not even a 100% income tax would cover, they suggest with a no sense of irony that tax rates are too high and should be lowered. How? With what? It must be fun to be a Monetarist Pied Piper of Debt, preaching the Gospel of Debt everywhere you go. It's amazing how many people are stupid enough to believe this makes sense. Even Dick Cheney believes, "debt doesn't matter". It's little wonder the world is shocked. home.pacbell.net .

To: Amy J who wrote (25135)	11/8/2004 10:17:00 AM
From: GraceZ	Respond to of 306849

Most likely their software doesn't separate it out to be reported on the stub.

To: Amy J who wrote (25135)	11/9/2004 2:49:46 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 306849

Anyone who's had their own business knows this, because they pay the whole nut. SS/Medicare was more of a burden for me than income taxes, which I could minimize. There are no exemptions or shelters for the SS/Medicare payments - you just have to pony up. That said, I didn't mind paying SS/Medicare too much. My mother received benefits as a surviving widow with a dependant child under SS when my father died, and later received both SS and medicare herself. A lot of people trash SS/Medicare, but it's a tax you pay that really helps people. It's also very efficiently administered. When you see what the government blows our income taxes on, like the war in Iraq, you can't be to down on SS/Medicare. At least it's doing some good for your fellow Americans, some of whom may even be your relatives.