[Mr. K]

If George Bush had wanted to cut this 2% the democrap mdeia would have been SCREAMING about how evil Bush wanted to cut funding for social security and starve your grandmother.

This ‘2%’ cut is really almost 10% of all the funding for social security.

Instead of paying 15 percent per person the government is only getting 13 percent

And the people will not see 2% they only see 1% change in their paycheck- the ‘empoyer’ portion is where they other 1% comes from

so...

all this fuss over 1%? this lying communist kenyan asshole needs to be removed from office as soon as possible

[Marathoner]

the people will not see 2% they only see 1% change in their paycheck- the ‘empoyer’ portion is where they other 1% comes from

I certainly agree with the overall message of your post. One small correction, though, the 2% reduction was entirely from the employee side (employer percentate didn't change). Another reason this entire cut was such a gimmick; employers had no incentive to expand hiring as their cost of doing business remained unchanged.