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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAP-GFK POLL: RAISE TAXES TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_POLL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-26-12-28-11WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most Americans say go ahead and raise taxes if it will save Social Security benefits for future generations. And raise the retirement age, if you have to.
Both options are preferable to cutting monthly benefits, even for people who are years away from applying for them.
Those are the findings of a new Associated Press-GfK poll on public attitudes toward the nation's largest federal program.
Social Security is facing serious long-term financial problems. When given a choice on how to fix them, 53 percent of adults said they would rather raise taxes than cut benefits for future generations, according to the poll. Just 36 percent said they would cut benefits instead.
The results were similar when people were asked whether they would rather raise the retirement age or cut monthly payments for future generations - 53 percent said they would raise the retirement age, while 35 percent said they would cut monthly payments.
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AP-GFK POLL: RAISE TAXES TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY (Original Post)
xchrom
Aug 2012
OP
1) Take the cap off. 2) Make capital gains of the super-rich subject to the SS tax, whether they
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#1
Make sense for once, and raise the cap. Get more money from the higher salaried and rich.
juajen
Aug 2012
#3
the upcoming republican platform calls for no new taxes except for war....& emergencies
spanone
Aug 2012
#4
someone explain with jobs going overseas, fewer jobs in market, how raising the retirement age
seabeyond
Aug 2012
#5
People don't support raising the retirmement age. It's how they worded the question.
limpyhobbler
Aug 2012
#9
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)1. 1) Take the cap off. 2) Make capital gains of the super-rich subject to the SS tax, whether they
receive it in this country or in other countries.
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)7. Best, simplest idea ever. +100!
xchrom
(108,903 posts)2. I'll give this 1 kick. Nt
juajen
(8,515 posts)3. Make sense for once, and raise the cap. Get more money from the higher salaried and rich.
Raising the retirement age is a horrible idea. No jobs for the elderly, period. Even if they are well qualified.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)8. They want us working until we drop dead.
No jobs? Tough luck bub.
spanone
(135,857 posts)4. the upcoming republican platform calls for no new taxes except for war....& emergencies
how do they think this nation runs?
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)5. someone explain with jobs going overseas, fewer jobs in market, how raising the retirement age
will work
xchrom
(108,903 posts)6. It won't. But right now, boomers aren't retiring any way. Nt
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)9. People don't support raising the retirmement age. It's how they worded the question.
Given a choice between two disasterous options, raising the age or cutting payments, they chose one of the options.
But the other question in the poll shows they really don't support either one of these options and would lift the payroll tax cap instead.
marlakay
(11,482 posts)10. We should tax the rich more like we used to
take the cap off and it would be fixed. Raising the age would be nuts since most americans health is going by 65 (I plan to be healthy and work out but I know I am not the norm) its hard to find a job at any age but older is crazy because of health care...
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)11. LBJ slapped on an income tax surcharge for the Viet Nam war
So did Nixon..TWICE
Here's an interesting chart
http://www.milefoot.com/math/businessmath/taxes/fit.htm
SS/Medicare would be solvent ..and then some ..if:
they eliminated the upper amount for the cessation of deductions from income for FICA
and if they "earmarked"/created a new 10 year "surcharge"....a "transaction tax" on every wall street/stock-market/investment "trade".. It could a small, but it might generate a lot of money for the critical time between now and when most of the Boomers have passed on..