The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Friday, February 22, 2013

Getting ready to slash at federal payroll taxes


The classe politique is starting to convince itself cuts to the federal income tax have gone about as far as possible and the next place to cut - and there always has to be another place to cut - will have to be payroll taxes.

Those are the taxes that fund Social Security, Medicare, and (in some usages of the phrase) unemployment insurance.

Cuts to them are direct attacks on the blood supply of American social democracy, earned benefits, so-called (by their enemies and lukewarm friends) “entitlements.”

Brace yourselves.

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