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Indexed annually, your 2008 Social Security withholding is 6.2% of your wages up to $102,000. Your Medicare withholding is 1.45% of your wages, without limit. The University matches your tax, for a total contribution of 15.3% of salary.
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This set of presentations is from the Social Security Administration, obtained by an LLRX.com reader, via a FOIA request. It was developed as a top-level summary type internal briefing for SSA managers on FOIA.
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Fascinating article about Michael Meeropol, the son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, now a professor of economics and a reformed radical, who discusses his reasons for opposing the phase-out of Social Security. An excerpt:
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* Gebhardtsbauer wrote that Gore's plan to extend the life of Social Security is funded by general revenues. [217] (General revenues come from income, corporate, and sales taxes; not Social Security taxes. [218][219][220])
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There are some conditions that Social Security considers so disabling that they will begin making payments immediately while they review your child’s case. These include: HIV, Total Blindness, Total Deafness, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy, Severe Retardation, and a birth weight below 2 lbs 10 ounces.
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* Partial privatization would change a portion of Social Security from a benefit program to a savings program. These savings would be the personal property of each person who chose to participate. In turn, their Social Security old-age benefits would be reduced to correspond with the amount of taxes they paid into the program. [173]
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