Renee HoyosVerified account

So low? Wow. Over 200K already pays 35% income tax and over 7.5% FICA and Medicare, that's over 42%. How in the world do you think that's low. And for the record that still wouldn't pay for it. Not even close.

Hey Mark not to get to weedy but you’re mixing apples and oranges here. Assuming a $200K salary, first one finds the gross taxable income which is less than total income. Next, you must use a marginal tax rate to find the rate to pay and it is rarely 35%.

I am not mixing apples and oranges. I am stating 200k net income people are already paying 42.5 percent total tax... isn't that enough? And Medicare is a stressed mess, part A insolvent by 2026. People on SSI get a 2 percent raise and matching rate increase of Medicare takes it

Would you like to see the math? An individual after all the deduction are removed at $200K is being taxed at 28%. And that's if they take only the standard deduction. If they have deductions more than the standard, the rate is lower.

As to insolvency, both Medicare and Social Security are tied to labor. As long as we have labor, these programs will still have a cash flow. Now, are they stressed? Absolutely, which is why we need to lift the cap off of payroll.

Thanks for your time. Fundamentally we would never agree. You- more gvmt control of your life, me-less. Everything isnt free or paid for by the 'rich', those things always screw middle class and push them closer to the bottom. Eventually only rich and poor and gvmt full control

Mark, $200k net or otherwise is not the average salary of TN-02. I've not made anywhere near that my entire life nor does anyone I know well. I do know that as the ED of TCWN, I paid more in payroll taxes than Pilot per salary dollar. How is that fair?

Me and my employees paid taxes on 100% of our salaries. But someone making over some arbitrary amount doesn't have to pay? This is a regressive system that makes poor people pay more and get fewer breaks.