Tag: Social Security payroll tax

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But the increase should be small and gradual. Enough with politics.  It’s time to get back to solving problems.  Not surprisingly – given my slant on the world – the problem I care most about is fixing Social Security.  But in an attempt to protect lower-income households, President Biden committed to never raising taxes on…

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This is a fact of retirement life: older Americans haven’t paid as much into Medicare and Medicaid as government spends on their healthcare and nursing home stays. But it is middle-class retirees who get the most out of the system, according to a new study. Middle-income households receive about $230,000 to $260,000 more in Medicare and…