[Grammy]

"The notion that an employee's pay would have automatically been 6% higher absent the employer's SS contribution is quite a stretch."

Actually, people like me and Mr G, who are self employed, have been picking up the whole amount, so my income would have been 12% higher. And the amount is actually 15.6% now, for SS and medicare. 15.6% times 40 years would be quite a nice nest egg, thankyouverymuch.

[Will88]

Actually, people like me and Mr G, who are self employed, have been picking up the whole amount, so my income would have been 12% higher.

That's true, but your statement is totally irrelevant to anything I said since I clearly addressed the employer and employee separate contributions.

[algernonpj]

Actually, people like me and Mr G, who are self employed, have been picking up the whole amount, so my income would have been 12% higher. And the amount is actually 15.6% now, for SS and medicare. 15.6% times 40 years would be quite a nice nest egg, thankyouverymuch.

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