Quote Originally Posted by singlewedge View Post
I say the tax rate should reflect the percentage of rich people, people making over 750,000 per year.

Let them pick up the slack.
why? what's your justification?

Quote Originally Posted by billyjeff2 View Post
it's social security, medicaid, medicare, etc. So if you're willing to take a cut in your social security entitlement (current or future) by all means, please speak up. We need to hear from folks like you who are willing to do what it takes to tame this out of control entitlement beast. And if you are also willing to forgo any Medicaid or Medicare benefits (like those you or perhaps your elderly parents depend upon to help pay for their medical care and prescription drug bills) again, by all means please speak up and get your friends and relatives to do the same, cause that's where the meaningful entitlement cuts would come from.
absolutely i would. if i could forfeit my right to social(ist) security if it meant i got to stop paying in right now, i would do it in a heartbeat. i'd invest the money now, and i assure you i'd do a helluva better job and get a much better ROI than the gov't tends to. ditto for medicaid (i'll never qualify for it anyhow) and medicare.