Showing posts with label FICA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FICA. Show all posts

Walter E Williams: Do Americans Prefer Deception?

Advice on how to never go broke.      There’s more to the deceit and dishonesty about Social Security and Medicare discussed in my recent columns. Congress tells us that one-half (6.2 percent) of the Social Security tax is paid by employees and that the other half is paid by employers, for a total of 12.4 percent. Similarly, we are told that ... MORE

Obama Supporters Shocked, Angry At New Tax Increases

by Joseph Curl.    Sometimes, watching a Democrat learn something is wonderful, like seeing the family dog finally sit and stay at your command. With President Obama back in office and his life-saving “fiscal cliff” bill jammed through Congress, the new year has brought a surprising turn of events for his sycophantic supporters.         ... MORE

Walter E. Williams: Duped By Congressional Lies

In the name of fairness or generational theft?   Some of the responses to my column last week, titled "Immoral Beyond Redemption," prove that Americans have been hoodwinked by Congress. Some readers protested my counting Social Security among government handout programs that can be described as Congress' taking what belongs  ... MORE