The expiration of a two-year payroll tax cut means that someone earning $50,000 will pay $1,000 more a year in federal taxes.
So in 2013, the rate will rise back to 6.2 percent and most workers will have an additional two percentage points of their income automatically deducted from their paychecks. It’s easy for anybody to figure out how this will affect them—just calculate 2 percent of your gross pay, up to the 2013 limit of $113,700. For the typical worker earning about $50,000, the reversion to 6.2 percent will cost about $80 per month, or $1,000 per year. The most it could cost anybody is about $2,300.
samiam60
February 9, 2013 at 7:39 am
Good Morning America
Freedom, by the way
February 9, 2013 at 8:00 am
Too bad we coudn’t just raise the rates on those idiots who voted for the raise.
samiam60
February 9, 2013 at 8:20 am
Wouldn’t that be great. Sadly only about half of the American People even bother to vote.
AFVet
February 9, 2013 at 2:08 pm
Too bad we can’t force congress to use Obamacare.
samiam60
February 9, 2013 at 2:10 pm
Too bad they never read the Bill.
AFVet
February 9, 2013 at 2:26 pm
If it had applied to them, they would have.
muse1876
February 9, 2013 at 2:26 pm
Why should we have to pay for their Cadillac healthcare plans. If ObamaCare is so great, then it should go to ALL employees of the govt.
I was waiting for just 1 Congress person to turn down their raise. Just think how many seniors or our military would love to have a raise.
John
February 9, 2013 at 10:07 am
Remember when common sense ruled our Republic? Well, maybe most are to young to remember. All those who don’t know what I am talking about buy “Democracy in America!” The Author is Alexis Tocqueville. He was a French Aristocrat who was curious about what made America tick. I used this book when I was in School. This book was written before the Civil War, it used to be required reading. Liberals had it taken away, and we haven’t been RIGHT since.
samiam60
February 9, 2013 at 10:41 am
Just think of all the American History Books which have been re-written to make America appear as the villain?
John
February 9, 2013 at 11:36 am
One of the main contributers to the Liberal cause we see today is Women’s Suffrage Movement. Of course it started sometime after the Civil War, but has morphed into Code Pink and some other radical establishment Groups. Now don’t get me wrong I love Women like any sane Man would. They Women’s movement was the right thing at the time but, it melded with the Progressive Movement of the turn of 20th Century and has contributed highly to this nations downfall. What we have from all that is Abortion, the biggest Haulacost this World has ever seen. After all the slaughter of the Dark Ages and when the World was Pagan and Barbaric, does not compare to 1973 and the Slaughter of the Innosence. To me we deserve what we get, we have made God cry and that is unacceptable. (Please excuse my spelling errors) My spell check is misbehaving and I am totally lost without it!)
samiam60
February 9, 2013 at 11:44 am
Well said and I couldn’t agree with you more. I have written several articles on the Abortion issue throughout my blogs.
Noonien_Soong
February 9, 2013 at 10:20 am
Why do I have the feeling our one arm is being held behind our backs and all the while slowly the pressure is increasingly being felt. We as a nation are being held as hostages against our judgements.
Instead of declarations of harm we must ask the rather obvious questions to and of liberals. Did you foresee this happening to you and the country? Are you, liberals, satisfied the results will make you better persons? Will sacrificing some of your liberties make you free today and tomorrow?
This is just a beginning short list of questions to be asked.
samiam60
February 9, 2013 at 10:43 am
One thing I have observed over the years of writing is that liberals for the most part will not respond to questions and answers that challenge their ideology. They are a short sighted narrow minded group my friend.
Noonien_Soong
February 9, 2013 at 10:53 am
You are so right Sami. Persistence must rule the debate as their self believed righteousness will fail them eventually.
samiam60
February 9, 2013 at 10:58 am
Amen to that my friend and as we can see this ideology is failing America as well.
Noonien_Soong
February 9, 2013 at 11:08 am
We must reply as rhetorical magicians to use all the tools at our disposal to succeed. Failure is not mine or your option Sami. The trick is to find the blind and soft parts to make the case in our favor. Either as rhetorical magicians or surgeons, we must use exploitative skills to counteract or we will lose in the end. I refuse to lose for any paltry reasons. We as blogger are just a few steps away from making the difference.
samiam60
February 9, 2013 at 11:45 am
We are making a difference and will one day come through victorious my friend. I am convinced of this or I wouldn’t be Blogging.
Noonien_Soong
February 9, 2013 at 12:01 pm
Aye that’s the spirit my friend.. I am working on an OP-ED for Cheers which hopefully I will finish before the weekend is over. It will be enlightening and a reinforcement to read.
samiam60
February 9, 2013 at 12:14 pm
I’m looking forward to that my friend
John
February 9, 2013 at 12:07 pm
The one thing I had noticed is I used to belong to different Political Forums. Liberal and Conservative. Of course I had trouble with my grammar but, I am old and have forgotten how. Anyway, I was kicked off everyone. The Liberal ones, not hard to figure but, the Conservative one’s really get me. What I figured out they didn’t want ideas, they had an agenda and you were supposed to conform or leave. Well, I left and haven’t looked back. Of course I didn’t leave on purpose on my account I was excommunicated.
samiam60
February 9, 2013 at 12:15 pm
My rules are simply. No name calling or personal attacks. I too have been kicked off of certain sites but all of them were liberal sites.
muse1876
February 9, 2013 at 12:40 pm
One of my pet peeves about other blogs is they pick on the ones who hit wrong keys or misuse words or phrases. We all get brain freeze. God bless
muse1876
February 9, 2013 at 11:18 am
The middle-class has to be taxed at a higher rate because that is where most of the money is. The wealthy know how to hide their money. I am sure they all have off shore accounts. A flat tax just might work, but then the liberals would whine that the poor can’t afford taxes. Therefore, they would have to raise the flat tax rates on the rest of the citizens. The libs will do anything for a vote!
samiam60
February 9, 2013 at 11:47 am
I would love to see a realistic Flat Tax come into play. Now that it is being discussed by the public we can expect our Government Leaders to act on it in lets say the next 50 years or so. America is in sad shape my friend.
muse1876
February 9, 2013 at 12:36 pm
Our govt. is so huge that it can’t make a decision on anything without delay after delay. All the politicans from the top down have to call their puppet masters and see what they want.
AFVet
February 9, 2013 at 2:23 pm
10% across the board, no deductions, no loopholes, no exceptions.
That would be a tithe.
If it’s good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for the government.
muse1876
February 9, 2013 at 2:28 pm
It wouldn’t matter if you are on welfare or any other govt. handout. We should all have skin in the game.
AFVet
February 9, 2013 at 2:53 pm
In 2016 the whole onslaught of Obamacare kicks in.
Penalties will be $2400 a year, and you still don’t have health insurance.
That penalty (tax) will be administered by the IRS.
If you do need health insurance the minimum cost to a family of four would be around $20,000 a year TO THE GOVERNMENT !
Middle class families can’t afford twenty grand out of their paychecks.
The whole health care debacle needs to be repealed.
It was designed to bring private sector health care to it’s knees, and give an unprecedented amount of control to the government which is infested with a corrupt bunch of fools.
The congresscritters are relying on the concept that we the people will forget what happened.
Although some of our memories aren’t what they used to be, blogs like this one and the conservative websites that abound are there to ‘jog our memories’.
More people are concerned for the direction the country is taking under the present leadership, and more people are becoming aware of the consequences if we do not change direction soon.
That is a good thing.
muse1876
February 9, 2013 at 3:03 pm
I had read an article somewhere, that stated the IRS couldn’t get the fee unless you had a refund coming.
I don’t know about you but my suppliment insurance has gone up at 40%. My co-pays have gone up several dollars on each script. ObamaCare hasn’t done anything for me. ObamaCare will be great for all those on the dole.
samiam60
February 10, 2013 at 7:24 am
New Post is up for Voting American:
http://votingamerican.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/defeating-barack-obamas-assault-on-american-gun-owning-patriots/
samiam60
February 10, 2013 at 2:16 pm
samiam60
February 12, 2013 at 6:49 am
New Post is up for Village of the Banned:
http://ireporters.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/preview-the-presidents-state-of-the-union-deception-address/
samiam60
February 12, 2013 at 8:22 am
New Post is up for Twilight’s Last Gleaming:
http://twighlightslastgleaming.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/your-never-gonna-get-our-guns-barack/