"Lower The Rates and Broaden The Base." It's time to turn this catchprase back on Dr. Frankenstein.

How many times have you heard Republican/conservative types use the catch phrase "LOWER THE RATES AND BROADEN THE BASE?"

We progressives know what this is CODE for: It's code for lowering the tax rates for the rich, and making up for it by charging MORE TAXES to the POOR and middle class. In fact, the imfamous "47% of Americans PAY NO INCOME TAXES" is the catch phrase that usually precedes it. "47% of (deadbeat) Americans pay no (income) taxes, so, let's lower the rates and broaden the tax base" is what you often hear on the floor of the House.


Okay, it's time to shove this catch phrase back into the mouths of the people who utter it by adding our own catch phrase to it.

"Fix Social Security by LOWERING THE RATE to 4%, and REMOVING THE $6000 CAP on contributions. In other words: LOWER THE RATE AND BROADEN THE BASE!"***

(***Oh, I'm sorry...does 'broadening the base' only refer to taxing THE POOR at greater rates?)

Here's the deal: The Payroll Tax is currently 6%, but is capped at a maximum income level of $102 000. This means that if you earn $100 000 you pay $6000 towards Social Security, or 6%. If you earn $100 000 000 you STILL pay $6000, or 0.006%. That's right, the more you make, the SMALLER your contribution to Social Security gets. Where I come from we call that a REGRESSIVE TAX.

So, let's start getting the word out that fixing Social Security, and making it solvent PERMANENTLY is simply a matter of removing the Payroll Tax CAP of $6000.

In fact, if we do that, we might even be able to LOWER THE RATE for EVERYBODY.

Spread the word:
Let's remove the Payroll Tax Cap so we can LOWER THE RATE by BROADENING THE BASE, and FIX SOCIAL SECURITY.