Doing the Social?
Dec 11th 2004, 2:35 pm
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Doing the Social?
"President Bush ruled out raising payroll taxes to help pay for Social Security reform on Thursday, leaving him few options other than a sharp increase in government borrowing to bankroll transition costs estimated at up to $2 trillion...."
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...rc=rss/topNews
Anyone got any thoughts on this?
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...rc=rss/topNews
Anyone got any thoughts on this?
Dec 11th 2004, 6:14 pm
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Re: Doing the Social?
Originally Posted by Bob
"President Bush ruled out raising payroll taxes to help pay for Social Security reform on Thursday, leaving him few options other than a sharp increase in government borrowing to bankroll transition costs estimated at up to $2 trillion...."
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...rc=rss/topNews
Anyone got any thoughts on this?
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...rc=rss/topNews
Anyone got any thoughts on this?
his actual line was
"We will not raise payroll taxes to solve this problem"
which basically means.... right now.. to solve THIS problem.. taxes will not go up... but he might raise them next week to pay for his new car
Dec 11th 2004, 6:16 pm
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Re: Doing the Social?
Originally Posted by USBound
his actual line was
"We will not raise payroll taxes to solve this problem"
which basically means.... right now.. to solve THIS problem.. taxes will not go up... but he might raise them next week to pay for his new car
"We will not raise payroll taxes to solve this problem"
which basically means.... right now.. to solve THIS problem.. taxes will not go up... but he might raise them next week to pay for his new car
Dec 11th 2004, 6:20 pm
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Re: Doing the Social?
Might come up with a new interesting name for a new tax though 
now that could be a new game....hmmm...yeah, i'm bored
now that could be a new game....hmmm...yeah, i'm bored
