[geoschmo]

Originally posted by rextorres:
Seasonal workers pay Social Security Tax Too - and I am still not getting how 42% is not the largest percentage by far.

They are the largest group. I didn't say they weren't. If that is what you had said originally I wouldn't have disagreed with you about it. You said "Well MOST people who work make less than 25k a year.", that's not the same thing you are saying now.

Originally posted by rextorres:
Speaking back to the article in question: if Bush really had wanted to help the workers of America he would have focused on the payroll tax and not on (I know this is a tired argument) the top 1%.

It's not only tired, it's flat wrong. The tax cuts don't only benefit the top 1% as you appear to be inferring. edited for clarity

But I would love it if he could do something about the medicare and SSI taxes. But that's the "third rail" of American politics. They tried to privitize some of that stuff. It wouldn't lower the outgo, but at least you'd know what you put in would be coming back to you someday. But even that idea got bLasted.

[ September 18, 2003, 02:01: Message edited by: geoschmo ]