Howard Brazee wrote:
It's a tax. The nature of taxes is that we may or may not good value from the tax. It is designed to get money to old or infirmed from current taxes.
FICA looks like a tax and smells like a tax. But, technically is not a tax. If you look carefully, it's a pre-tax deduction. And, when you receive a payment in retirement, it's taxable. Not unlike 401(k) contributions and redemptions.
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