Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!cas From: cas@cvl.UUCP (Dr. Cliff Shaffer) Newsgroups: net.taxes,net.legal Subject: Re: Social Security (how to get out) Message-ID: <1727@cvl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Oct-86 09:19:22 EDT Article-I.D.: cvl.1727 Posted: Fri Oct 10 09:19:22 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Oct-86 19:44:27 EDT References: <126@raster.UUCP> <6152@alice.uUCp> <1620@vax1.fluke.UUCP> <1831@mb2c.UUCP> <16070@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: Center for Automation Research, Univ. of Md. Lines: 8 Xref: mnetor net.taxes:629 net.legal:3876 > Social Security is the world's most regressive tax; you get taxed > from dollar one you make each year, and above a certain level > of income, the tax is no longer levied. That's fair, though, since when they pay out, I think they pay everyone pretty much the same amount. Certainly there is a cap on the most anyone can get. Cliff