Re: Taxes. True true true ...

[Joe Fockler <jfockler -at- IPHASE -dot- COM>]

You are correct Richard. This was probably due to a congress that could
not control its appetite for spending (same song today). It seems to me
this increase was to fund a trust fund to ensure ample $$$ in the SOCIAL
Security program. I bet we all feel secure now!

The tax cuts were for the "marginal tax rates" and the capital gains.
Your "marginal tax rate" probably declined only to be offset by these
innocuous tax increases.

Others have responded saying the same things you've just said. I am
grateful for the correct information.

Thanks,
Joe

Richard Mateosian writes:

+ >"Taxes were cut under the Reagan administration."

+ This may have been true for you, but those of us who work for a living got
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BEWARE OF SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES, BEWARE OF SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES ...

+ hit with a whopping increase in social security taxes. As a self-employed
+ consultant, I paid nearly twice as much in self-employment taxes (form 1040,
+ line 47) as I did in income tax (line 46).

+ If you're an employee, you pay a little less, since your employer pays some
+ of that. You may not notice how big your part is, because you pay it
+ "painlessly" through withholding.  ...RM

+ Dr. Richard Mateosian      Freelance Technical Writer          srm -at- c2 -dot- org
+ Review Editor, IEEE Micro  Vice President, STC Berkeley Chapter



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