[LeonardFMason]

“they are paying taxes of some sort.”

Obviously we all pay taxes of some kind. My point is that some, unfairly, pay no federal income tax. It isn’t right.
EVERYONE should pay federal income tax. I don’t care if it’s only 1% of their income. In addition, everytime the federal income tax is raised it is raised for everyone. Only then, when everyone is a victim of rising taxes, will EVERYONE be sensitized to how the US Government is spending OUR tax dollars.

[kabar]

Payroll taxes are really federal income taxes. The SS "surplus" is deposited into the General Fund. By law, 75% of Medicare Part B and Part D costs come from the General Fund. By 2014, 45% of all Medicare expenditures (Parts A, B, and D) will come from the General Fund.

80% of Americans pay more in payroll tax than they do in income tax.