University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, July 24. 1974
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Social Security Tax Burdensome
Regressive Payroll Tax Hurts Middle Income Worker
By RICK HIRD
Kansan Staff Reporter
Editor's Note: This is the last of three stories about problems facing the social media landscape.
There is only one federal tax that bites harder than the federal income tax; the capital gains tax.
Donald Chumbers, professor of social welfare, and David Hardcastle, assistant professor of social welfare, said in a report on Tuesday that the Journal of Social Welfare that the Federal
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Old Age and Survivors Insurance Program (OASI), the principal old-age pension program, relied on the regressive FICA, or payroll, tax.
"The OASI tax has become the dominant federal tax for a majority of taxpayers," they said. In 1986, 50 per cent of all tax revenue were OASI tax than federal income tax."
Since the social security system was adopted in 1953, the rate of taxation has grown tremendously, but so we have benefits. The original rate was 2 per cent -1 per cent each on employer and employee - on the first $3,000 of income. Now the tax has jumped to 11.7 per cent -3.65 per cent each on employer and employee - on the first $13,200 of income.
Hardcastle and Chambers said there were several problems associated with the FI tax that made it undesirable. One chiefaint was that the tax was regressive.
"The fundamental problem of a regressive tax is that it always works a disproportionate hardship on the poor," the report said. "Paying a set percentage of income for taxes is harder for a person earning $20,000 than for a person earning $20,000."
Besides hitting the middle income man with percentage taxation, Hardcaste and Chambers said there were other problems with the FICA tax.
"THE REGRESSIVE WORK TAX also serves to push the near-poor into poverty and the poor further into poverty," the report said. "The tax does not recognize family size, job stability, work-related factors, and income until wages reach the tax cellin."
"the existence of the work tax for marginal and low-paying jobs is a disincentive to work, because it reduces the economical attractiveness of the low-paying job compared to public assistance payment
Donald McCoy, professor of history, said the social security tax fell higher on lower income families.
"Those who earn above the $13,000 ceiling don't have to pay the tax on the amount over $13,000," he said. "So what happens is that they get lower and lower classes get stuck with the bill."
The social security tax has been increased to finance benefits that have increased at a rate undreamed of when it was first enacted, it was used to provide only supplementary aid to retiring workers. Now, benefits ranging from insurance for totally and permanently disabled workers to benefits for public with almost total social "security."
Though politically attractive, increasing the benefits has one major drawback: taxes. The government will have to raise them.
Menninger Discusses Middle Age Symptoms
KANAS S CITY (AP)-What is middle age? Dr. Roy Menninger, president of the Menninger Clinic at Topeka, said in a talk here yesterday, "Middle age is usually going to be the richest man in Kansas City or president of the Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Menninger, 47, was talking about "Mid-life Crisis."
Middle age, he said, gives rise to many common symptoms.
"It's that time of life when we face the reality that we are human; that we have limits; that our time and energy are not inexhaustible."
see middle age as their last chance to grab the golden ring.
"I have friends who suddenly begin to drink more," he said. "They work harder and longer hours. They make love less often. They laugh a little louder. Many men
"People in their 40s have the highest divorce rate, next to teen-agers. They suddenly want to change jobs, cities, even wives and families. They see the next few years as the last opportunity to fulfill their fantasies."
The emphasis on youth in this society is part of the difficulty, he said. And society's practice, he said, of measuring a person by their own interests is an actor that contributes to mid-life anxiety.
He said the over-the-hill concept often applied to the elderly was a particularly dangerous myth when applied at middle age. The same holds true for teenagers trying to quit learning; to quit trying, period."
Attorney General's Office Gets Follow Through Audit
The official, Patrick L. Connolly,
The investigation of financial discrepancies found in an audit of the Follow through program is continuing, an injury to the attorney general's office said last night.
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assistant attorney general, said his office had received a copy of the audit report and the memo.
Connolly, who is in charge of the in-
gagement department, would care how long
the retaliation would take.
The investigation was prompted by a University of Kansas audit, released July 9, that showed violations in the filing of travel vouchers for the Follow Through program.
According to the audit, $3,000 worth of
claimed travel for the period of July 1, 1972,
would be refunded.
Follow Through was financed by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and administered by the KU department of human development.
Keith Nitcher, vice chancellor for business affairs, who released the audit report, sent a copy to the legislative post audit committee in Toonek.
W. Keith Weltner, legislative post auditor,
w. said yesterday that his office had referred
to a special commission.
finance the increased benefits hits the small man hard. Workers presently assessed at 5.85 per cent will be paying taxes at the rate of 7.45 per cent by the year 2011. The workers (which is matched by employers) from which $72.20 in 1978 to $78.65 in the year 2011
The current maximum benefit for retirement at age 65 is $303 a month. By 1980, that figure will rise to $493.70; in the years that amount could be as much as $1,376.90.
The current maximum tax imposed on workers and employers is $772.00. By 1980, workers will be paying $1,180; by 2000, the figure could climb to $3.386 per year.
The future of the social security system seems doomed unless Congress acts either to supplement the rapidly depleting budget or to trim benefits.
In 1972, Congress acted to link benefits and taxes to inflation through a cost-living clause. Besides the automatic inflation related increases, additional flat increases in the tax rate, along with provisions for additional increases in the amount of wages taxed when benefits are added, will plague taxpayers.
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The social security system is being financed by a tax that is unair to the middle and lower economic classes, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the future, hurting the middle man more.
What seems most fortunate is that even at the rates predicted, the increases can't possibly meet the cost of increased benefits. This result is hard to explain, but change drastically or die a slow death.
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1960 Star 12 x 60 MOBILE HOME Two bedrooms.
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1972 Datalium-510 4 dr, Auto, AC, Radio, 22,400
Kallio 842-6555 7-29
FOR SALE-1067 GMC ½ ion pickup truck—pw steering & brakes, auto trans, air cond, overbread, bucket seats, red-munt suit $650
buyer, all 841-2836. 4642; Locus N, Lawn 7, 5131
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1955 Pontiac Calaen Convertible - New bsp & bsp
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1971 TRE—AM-FM. luggage rack, good-looking,
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*68 married couples who have no children or a spouse of a child under 18 wanted for KU study of family decision making, and two couples who are not selected will be entered in a drawing for two prizes. First prize $100 certificate or gift card; second prize $250.
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PRINTING WHILE YOU WAIT! Let us do your printing while you wait at The Quick Copy Center. We have 400 copies-$14, 1000 copies-$13.00. We want your business at The Quick Copy Center.
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