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idea that Clinton got passed and Republicans have been blaming Democrats for it for the last
30 years. Bill Clinton raised the tax on SS from 50% to 85%. I remember the Clinton years when
everyday Rush Limbaugh opened his show talking about Clinton raising the tax on SS but ignored the fact
that it was RR that got it passed in the first place. Nevertheless, it is unfair. If two people work the same job
all their life and receive the exact same pay one gets the full SS while the other has to pay tax on 85% of his.
One of them didn't save for his retirement and fight to get a pension he doesn't pay tax on SS. While the other
maybe went on strike and fought to get a pension and maybe opened a 401K has to pay tax on 85% of his SS income.
There are people on DU that think people that pay less into SS should get the same as the ones that pay twice as
much. That also helps make SS a welfare program. I disagree with many things I read here on DU but it is better than the alternative.