From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!amd70!clif
Newsgroups: net.politics
Title: Social Security  (again)
Article-I.D.: amd70.1339
Posted: Sun Jan 23 15:27:32 1983
Received: Mon Jan 24 08:02:06 1983


	I think people are being  awfully pessimistic to think that there 
won't being any Social Security when they retire.  Although I certainly concede
that the system cann't continue paying the same level of benifits without a major
change.   I cann't imagine the Goverment suddenly stopping Social Security 
since it would cause such a political backlash.  

	For what it is worth (does RR read net.politics ? he should)
here are my suggestions for saving our Social Security  (SOSS).

1.   Eliminate the current 36K limit on FICA taxes.  When SS first
	started most people were finished paying FICA taxes by June.
	Now most people pay FICA the entire year.  There are enough
	tax breaks for the rich  why give them an additional one.  

2.	Make everyone pay into the SS system most notably Federal and
	State employees.  (This scheme would generate 300,000 just from
	members of Congress, the Supreme Court, RR and George Bush)

3.	Tax Social Security benifits.  The Administrations proposal
	to tax Social Security benifits for those people with a an
	adjusted gross income of more then 25K seems reasonable.

4.  Index the increase in benifits to the average after tax! wage
	increase, not the CPI (I believe this is also part of the Administration's
	proposal)
	 
5.	Encourage old folks to die, by giving them special tax breaks
	for kicking off before 65. :-)  (just kidding)

								Clif Purkiser
								{ucbvax decwrl}!amd70!clif