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r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 23h ago
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Wait? Social security wasn't always taxed? That motherf...
8 u/WhompBiscuits 22h ago Republicans still tax government help. After Covid hit and Trump began sending out stimulus checks, my state legislature taxed that as income. Republicans had (and still have) massive control over our legislature. 4 u/cyb0rg1962 19h ago The worst part is that it is not indexed to inflation. 1 u/CarrionWaywardOne 6h ago I totally agree. Social security should rise with inflation. So should the federal minimum wage. 1 u/cyb0rg1962 3h ago Also the limits to taxation of SS should have scaled. SS does have a COLA, but it is not the right one for elderly retired folks.
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Republicans still tax government help. After Covid hit and Trump began sending out stimulus checks, my state legislature taxed that as income. Republicans had (and still have) massive control over our legislature.
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The worst part is that it is not indexed to inflation.
1 u/CarrionWaywardOne 6h ago I totally agree. Social security should rise with inflation. So should the federal minimum wage. 1 u/cyb0rg1962 3h ago Also the limits to taxation of SS should have scaled. SS does have a COLA, but it is not the right one for elderly retired folks.
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I totally agree. Social security should rise with inflation. So should the federal minimum wage.
1 u/cyb0rg1962 3h ago Also the limits to taxation of SS should have scaled. SS does have a COLA, but it is not the right one for elderly retired folks.
Also the limits to taxation of SS should have scaled. SS does have a COLA, but it is not the right one for elderly retired folks.
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u/CarrionWaywardOne 22h ago
Wait? Social security wasn't always taxed? That motherf...