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David Dewhurst on Social Security

 


Opposes cutting payroll taxes as harmful to Social Security

Dewhurst favors pro-growth tax cuts. ˙But there is a major difference with payroll taxes, which are levied with the specific purpose of funding Social Security. ˙The system relies on payroll taxes from current workers paying for benefits of retirees and other Social Security program recipients. ˙Last year, the outlays from these payroll taxes exceeded payroll tax income for the first time in history. ˙If the Administration continues playing politics with the system, they threaten its solvency.
Source: 2012 Senate campaign website, www.dewhurst.org. "News" , Feb 27, 2012

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