[sickoflibs]

RE :"But there is one decision that has to be made in a few weeks that absolutely would have an impact, and that's whether the payroll tax cuts that were agreed to late in 2010 will be extended again. Morgan Stanley explains the economic stakes:....The first relates to extension of the emergency stimulus measures of 2011. ....I find it hard to believe that these members of Congress are going to go to National Airport on December 23 and go home, and basically tell their constituents your taxes are going up $1,000 next year and we didn't do anything to help the economy," said one administration official. "

The sad thing is that Democrats will/would tag this as Republicans raising taxes on the poor and middle class (9-9-9 was attacked by Republican candidates along the same theme), and Republicans dont have the guts to get on TV and say that FICA is a Social Security tax, intended to fund SS (ie 'entitlement' DUHH).

They let live the liberal lie that a 'social security surplus trust fund' is funding those borrowed payments, as if congresses and POTUSes would think of saving a dime for a future congresses and POTUSes .

[Qbert]

Yep.

All you have to say is the truth: the Dems want to gut Social Security.

[Marine_Uncle]

I maintain there simply is no money in a SS trust fund. That was ended long ago. The entity may exist as a name only at this point. When either side talks about this fund as existing and that on paper at least it has some 2.4 Trillion dollars in the account, they are deceiving people.

[SunkenCiv]

(oops) Thanks sickoflibs.