No one is talking about the fact that the Social Security tax rate is 6.2 percent on income only under $113,700. Someone making $500,000 is only paying 1.6% Social Security tax. This is a regressive tax. Social Security should also be applied to incomes above $133,700 so the wealthy pay the same percent as those who are the working middle class and working poor.
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