LOL. Ask Congress if they pay into the SS system. You may be surprised... and angered. Congress isn’t stupid, just as they exempted themselves from Obamacare, they, long ago, exempted themselves from Social Security.
“”Ask Congress if they pay into the SS system. You may be surprised... and angered. Congress isn’t stupid, just as they exempted themselves from Obamacare, they, long ago, exempted themselves from Social Security.””
Not true; it was changed in 1984 - they DO pay SS tax...
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-laz-congress-social-security-20150213-story.html
LOL. Ask Congress if they pay into the SS system. You may be surprised... and angered. Congress isn’t stupid, just as they exempted themselves from Obamacare, they, long ago, exempted themselves from Social Security.
Also ask the average citizen who isn’t collecting yet if they think they will ever be “taxed on a tax”.. They don’t realize that if you earn money after you retire a portion of your SS will be taxed...
If you’re married and file a joint tax return, then a combined income between $32,000 and $44,000 puts you in the 50% taxable range, and income over $44,000 means that up to 85% of your benefits are taxable. If you’re married and file separately, up to 85% of your benefits can be taxed, regardless of your income.Jun 6, 2016
Surprise......
If you want to see SSI bolstered up, simple.
Scrap all federal employee pension, place the entire amount into SSI, and then the federal government would definitely make sure it remained viable.