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SOCIAL SECURITY AND BRAIN DAMAGE

…it’s not a tax, and it’s not regressive. A tax is a “required payment FOR THE SUPPORT OF A GOVERNMENT.” The payroll “tax” does not support any government; it is…

Bipartisanship and "Temporary" Payroll Tax Holidays

…achieved, Social Security and Medicare will—and should—grow. Holding them hostage to ever-rising, job-killing payroll taxes is perverse. If the economic crisis necessitates a second stimulus—and it probably will—then a payroll-tax

Mass. income tax repeal

…issue is Question 1, which would eliminate the state income tax. It would save the average taxpayer about $3,600 a year. Annual revenue from the tax is about $12.5 billion,…