Have you ever looked at the tax code for social security taxes and seen the 80,000 dollar income cap? You know, how people only have to pay taxes on the first 80k they make, so that the wealthiest people are contributing the least, proportionally? WHY DON'T PEOPLE FUCKING REALIZE THIS? It's not even an issue! It's not even debated as an option for social security! Fuck! Jesus!
Evan quotes good information:
altarasotterkin: If the $90,000 cap were completely eliminated in 2005, it could bring in about $100 billion in one year, according to Social Security Administration spokesman Mark Lassiter. Agency actuaries have not looked farther into the future, Lassiter said, but if the change generated an average $100 billion each year, it could more than erase Social Security's deficit.
Those assholes. We'd rather dick around with private accounts because it's a more American idea, except that the whole notion of private accounts defeats the entire purpose of social security in the first place, which is about responsibility for others--not self-interest. My God... it might even be called a socialist idea. We might as well just keep our 6.25% and forget about being helped by the government.
Also, this is amusing:
altarasotterkin: I watched a depressing anime almost straight through
JohnH778: which?
altarasotterkin: Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien
JohnH778: it wasn't, like, kimi ga nozomu eien or something?
JohnH778: hahahaha
altarasotterkin: omg~!
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