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so you wouldnt like to continue with a lower tax rate? Bottomsup is happy his went up

Happy or unhappy dosent enter into the equation. 6.2% has been the normal tax rate for years,and this year the rate has gone back to normal. I'm glad I had the chance to invest more last year. now THAT I am happy about

 

[tourists24]

Happy or unhappy dosent enter into the equation. 6.2% has been the normal tax rate for years,and this year the rate has gone back to normal. I'm glad I had the chance to invest more last year. now THAT I am happy about

ahhh... so lower tax rates are a good thing then.... just checking

 

[Bagels]

ahhh... so lower tax rates are a good thing then.... just checking

I doubt you'll be complaining when you begin collecting Social Security and Medicare.

 

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ahhh... so lower tax rates are a good thing then.... just checking

Both Congress and the President felt the lower tax rate on Social Security could not be sustained more than one year so in this particular case No, a lower tax rate is not a good thing

 

[working up a sweat]

40% of FICA benefactors are under 62. They collect because they are "depressed" or have "PTSD". Pull the wagon harder my working friends and pay more. Social Security is not just for granpa and granma anymore.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

If $20/week is causing you this much anxiety you have much bigger financial issues.

The indirect stimulus was meant to be short-term----it wasn't working and it made sense to let it expire.

 

[bbsam]

Actually it had worked but fiscal responsibility dictates that temporary cuts and expire and everyone should grow up and understand the meaning of the word.

 

[Anonymous 10]

so you are ok with your tax hike?

I feel bad for the people who don't make the money we do. Those are the ones who live in the real world. Some ofthe factory worker and just the people who make
11 buck an hour. Thy really can't afford it but we can.

 

[midwest brown]

so you are ok with your tax hike?

I feel bad for the people who don't make the money we do. Those are the ones who live in the real world. Some ofthe factory worker and just the people who make
11 buck an hour. Thy really can't afford it but we can.

Kinda like us part timers? Lol

 

[PT Stewie]

Kinda like us part timers? Lol

I am a Pt'er and make just a little south of $22.00 per hour ,with benefits,and a pension. And it is a part time job for heaven's sake !

 

[Bagels]

40% of FICA benefactors are under 62. They collect because they are "depressed" or have "PTSD". Pull the wagon harder my working friends and pay more. Social Security is not just for granpa and granma anymore.

The numbers are easily accessible online, and aren't even close to 40%. Nonetheless, those collecting social security disability checks under 62 are receiving only small payments.

 

[big idea]

hmmm.... glad you are.... my how people dont mind at certain times and are furious at other times.... maybe you'd like to pick up my portion then....

If you are struggling continue to go to your local soup kitchen.If your not going start now.This is one way to get someone else to pick up your portion of the tax.Don't get to the soup kitchen to late cuz they could run out.Not to many things are guarantied.

 

[jibbs]

I am a Pt'er and make just a little south of $22.00 per hour ,with benefits,and a pension. And it is a part time job for heaven's sake !

And I'm a part-timer with no benefits making $10.50 an hour. I'm not complaining, just helping paint the obvious picture that not all part-timers are speaking from the same position.

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Personally, I'm fine with the taxes. It's a part of life... so long as I'm not being singled out then I truthfully don't mind. My issues lie with the loopholes and cracks in our tax system that people can exploit in order to pay less than their fair share, but that doesn't seem to be the subject here.

 

[ORLY!?!]

Make 14.14 an hour with benefits. This economy couldnt handle higher taxes, buisness owners are scared enough to pay taxes on their workers already.

Yet, I would pay higher taxes just to get out of state a federal jury duty.

 

[Dracula]

I love that Republicans here think their Republicans in Washington had nothing to do with the FICA hike. Nice revision stroke.

 

[sortaisle]

It doesn't matter which party is in power, they're all bought and paid for by someone. And it travels back and forth over the decades as to whom has the people "more" in mind than the other. It looks like the shift is moving back to the Democrats for the next little while. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to be taxed any more than I am now. The spending is out of control. If the government were a household, that household would have been bankrupt every 7 years. I believe a government should spend money, don't get me wrong. The FED is a creator of innovation not necessarily jobs. NASA was FED and the tech invented from them is household daily use. Upkeep of our streets and power grid (if they did it) is necessary and creates a job. It has to be done. But it shouldn't be as rampant as it is. I don't think we need to build or rebuild other countries up until we are on solid ground first. Don't need the blind leading the blind.

 

[Dracula]

I doubt you'll be complaining when you begin collecting Social Security and Medicare.

Sure he will. He'll be bellyaching about how the government screwed up his SS and his Medicare. You're just wasting time arguing with people like this. They only see the AM radio side of the argument instead of the real world side. I was just arguing with a conservative friend yesterday about freedom issues. He said no one had the right to say anything about his smoking. He said the government had no right to infringe upon his right to do what he wanted. I said I agreed. But I asked him why I, and the rest of US taxpayers, had to pay the medical care he will require for his inevitable health issues if and when he turns 65. He refused to acknowledge that US taxpayers eventually will soak up the health care for smokers once they get on Medicare. No amount of arguing could convince him.

This guy is no different.

 

[sortaisle]

No one wants to admit to their consequences since they are young and invincible. Or they figure they paid into the system so it doesn't matter.

 

[Brownslave688]

Make 14.14 an hour with benefits. This economy couldnt handle higher taxes, buisness owners are scared enough to pay taxes on their workers already.

Yet, I would pay higher taxes just to get out of state a federal jury duty.

Really?!?!? Jury duty is that awful to you?

There are plenty of ways to get out of it.

 

[Brownslave688]

I doubt you'll be complaining when you begin collecting Social Security and Medicare.

Sure he will. He'll be bellyaching about how the government screwed up his SS and his Medicare. You're just wasting time arguing with people like this. They only see the AM radio side of the argument instead of the real world side. I was just arguing with a conservative friend yesterday about freedom issues. He said no one had the right to say anything about his smoking. He said the government had no right to infringe upon his right to do what he wanted. I said I agreed. But I asked him why I, and the rest of US taxpayers, had to pay the medical care he will require for his inevitable health issues if and when he turns 65. He refused to acknowledge that US taxpayers eventually will soak up the health care for smokers once they get on Medicare. No amount of arguing could convince him.

This guy is no different.

Medicare is certainly needed. SS on the other hand the government has screwed up something terrible. Not just dems but reps too. They have borrowed against it over and over again.

If you or I or anyone else were to take that 6% that goes towards SS and invest it when we retired we would end up with far more money than the government will give us when we retire. If I could opt out right now and just let them keep everything I put in I would do that in a heartbeat.