SS is *supposed* to be a trust fund, not part of the main federal budget. The only reason they count it in the budget is because all of the socialist welfare spending. Seeing as productive people don't need housing allowances, food stamps, gov't backed mortgages, medicad, medicare, etc etc etc it seems reasonable they should not be charged for services they do not incur...and help others from incurring, i.e. they hire employees, pay them wages and benefits etc. It's only fair they be taxed less because they produce more.
But your premise fails because the tax code makes 10% of the population pay 70% plus of the tax burden.
you are only talking about one very small entity of taxes, the income tax and looking at it separately instead of TAXES ON THE WHOLE.....
near 1 trillion is collected in income tax from all of us, near 850 BILLION is collected in social security taxes from us...
Then there are gasoline taxes collected, state taxes collected, sales taxes collected, money from lottery tickets collected, sin taxes on liquor collected, property taxes collected etc etc etc...
ALL TAXES should be considered and not just the 1 trillion collected of the near 3 trillion federal budget.
Then on top of this, all the money this country is borrowing devalues the dollar, which is a HIDDEN TAX hurting and hitting those in the middle the most, with higher prices for gasoline and heating oil and food and college and healthcare etc....
to take just one of the areas of taxation and make your determination of the wealthiest paying 70% of the tax load while NOT INCLUDING THE TOTAL TAX LOAD in to consideration is a TRICK that the wealthiest are having you PAWN off for them....i'm sorry to say...
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