WSJ Thinks Higher Social Security Taxes Are a Bigger Deal to Workers than Losing Ten Times as Much Money to Upward Redistribution

That's what readers of this article on a Democratic proposal which would both increase Social Security benefits and phase in a 1.2 percentage point increase in Social Security taxes (on both workers and employers) over 25 years. The article tells readers:

"Someone making $50,000 now faces an employee-side Social Security payroll tax of $3,100 a year. Under the bill, that tax bill would rise to $3,125 in 2020, which Mr. Larson pitches as an extra 50 cents a week. The tax would continue rising...

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Published on September 11, 2019 11:04
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