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76. yes

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Sun Mar 10, 2024, 02:28 PM

Mar 10

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Do you support Democrats' plan to ELIMINATE taxes on Social Security benefits? [View all] Buttoneer Mar 6 OP

Yes. MOMFUDSKI Mar 6 #1

What plan is that? brooklynite Mar 6 #2

A bill was reintroduced in January. TwilightZone Mar 6 #3

A Bill with seven co-sponsors (none in Leadership) doesn't sound like its going anywhere. brooklynite Mar 6 #6

Not sure how that's relevant. TwilightZone Mar 6 #8

I was think more like a plan the the Democratic Caucus was behind. brooklynite Mar 6 #10

Yes! DBoon Mar 6 #4

The minimum BASE SS payment should be 1500/mo WarGamer Mar 6 #12

+1 leftstreet Mar 6 #37

Obama tried to do that and even Democrats blasted him calling it the "Catfood Commission." Silent Type Mar 6 #20

The "catfood" stuff was around real concern about KPN Mar 6 #43

Very familiar. In fact, since that time there were a few years where we would have fared better. Silent Type Mar 6 #45

Hell yes. We already PAID a tax -- it IS a tax. It always feels like an insult to pay a tax on top of a tax. Hekate Mar 6 #5

SS is not a tax. Nt Fiendish Thingy Mar 6 #11

It is/originates in/ a payroll tax. I distinctly remember it coming out of my pitiful paychecks at age 15. Hekate Mar 6 #19

Not everything withheld from your paycheck is a tax Fiendish Thingy Mar 6 #21

Indeed, and for which I get taxed when I draw on it. I knew I could count on someone to quibble. Hekate Mar 6 #24

Pretty sure the money comes out of your paycheck pre tax. Eko Mar 6 #27

Not true Thunderbeast Mar 6 #31

Not on my paystub or W2. Eko Mar 6 #33

I don't receive SS, and am not sure if it's actually insurance, but FICA means Federal Insurance Contributions Act. ancianita Mar 6 #39

TY Hekate Mar 6 #41

That isn't so. Captain Stern Mar 7 #66

No it isn't Freddie Mar 10 #79

FICA is a payroll deduction. dlk Mar 10 #80

True Freddie Mar 11 #81

I'm on SS too - I don't resent being taxed for income I receive Fiendish Thingy Mar 6 #32

The Social Security Adminstration says it's a tax. Mariana Mar 7 #60

The idea is to stop taxing social security. Demsrule86 Mar 7 #69

The deficit would soar Fiendish Thingy Mar 7 #72

I agree. It's BS bamagal62 Mar 6 #18

Don't we wish samplegirl Mar 6 #7

Bullshit website - Dems do not plan to eliminate taxes on SS. Fiendish Thingy Mar 6 #9

Oh, yes. Baitball Blogger Mar 6 #13

The house and senate in 1986. jimfields33 Mar 6 #28

Yes. Most PlutosHeart Mar 6 #14

Im not so sure of that. Eko Mar 6 #15

Exactly. Those are the same limits they used when TexasBushwhacker Mar 6 #26

YES! N/t CousinIT Mar 6 #16

It's a fundraiser disguised as a push-poll. Igel Mar 6 #17

Tax on Social Security is a double tax. usonian Mar 6 #22

Yep. It's a crap shoot if one can actually claim what they & their companies contributed into it. TheBlackAdder Mar 6 #23

Of course... Happy Hoosier Mar 6 #25

Retirement income is taxed? Aussie105 Mar 6 #29

Right now Rebl2 Mar 6 #30

No. I am required to collect SS at my age although I still work. I am pleased to pay taxes... NNadir Mar 6 #34

Income taxation of SS benefits... surfered Mar 6 #35

As I am now of the age, I could receive said benefit (I am not taking it for 5 years) liberal N proud Mar 6 #36

Given how heavily they're about to fall on other Boomers, oh yes. Warpy Mar 6 #38

Hell yess! Nt Trueblue Texan Mar 6 #40

yes, early stupid ronald raygun attempt to privatize . we need to have a wealth tax again. AllaN01Bear Mar 6 #42

Yes! AllyCat Mar 6 #44

Ain't gonna happen. Another irritant, those of us still working into 70s paying SS tax Silent Type Mar 6 #46

Sorry, duplicate. Silent Type Mar 6 #47

Big YES tosh Mar 6 #48

It's a tax on the tax dlk Mar 6 #49

So are sales taxes MichMan Mar 10 #75

I wish they would do it in Canada as well. Bev54 Mar 6 #50

No AkFemDem Mar 6 #51

Yes! Poor people like me get to pay into the feds because of this taxation. onecaliberal Mar 6 #52

Yes. SSI is a big part of my personal income. marble falls Mar 6 #53

I gotta tell ya, that form looks like some sort of phishing activity Stinky The Clown Mar 6 #54

yes. but we need to fix ss fubding. we kill the cap + lower the %. greenspan's biggest fuckup. pansypoo53219 Mar 6 #55

Absolutely. greatauntoftriplets Mar 7 #56

Yes rainy Mar 7 #57

FUCK YES!!!! Ferrets are Cool Mar 7 #58

It was never income and should never have been taxed. bullimiami Mar 7 #59

Damn right! Bayard Mar 7 #61

Yes H2O Man Mar 7 #62

That's like asking the poor to support a tax cut for the higher classes Kaleva Mar 7 #63

No not unless the cap is raised to offset the loss of revenue standingtall Mar 7 #64

Exactly TheRealNorth Mar 7 #71

Illinois North Shore Chicago Mar 7 #65

A means test(?) Jimbo S Mar 7 #67

Yes. Demsrule86 Mar 7 #68

Yes ProudMNDemocrat Mar 7 #70

They think we should do away with SS altogether sellitman Mar 7 #73

I support it with one caveat. If you are paying taxes and not participating walkingman Mar 7 #74

yes pamdb Mar 10 #76

Of course! OLDMDDEM Mar 10 #77

Yes LetMyPeopleVote Mar 10 #78