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Q3a: Increase payroll tax paid to SS by 0.1% each year for next 20 years, raising employees share from current 6.2% to 7.2% of employees income.
Q3b: Raise limit of taxable wages to $156,000 per year' :
Q3c: Eliminate limit so all wages are included :
Q3d: Currently benefits for people STARTING TO RECEIVE Social Security are recalculated each year based on wage inflation. Base on inflation rate of prices instead.
Q3e: Reduce STARTING LEVEL OF BENEFITS for newly retiring people 0.5% each year until 25% lower than the current starting level of benefits
Q3f: Currently COLAs are based on inflation rate for a fixed set of goods. Base calculation to reflect changes in what people buy instead
Q3g: Continue to gradually raise full retirement age only for people who turn 68 in 2034 :
Q3h: Continue to gradually raise full retirement age until it reaches 70 in 2048 :
Q3i: Raise benefits for low income beneficiaries, increasing SS shortfall.
Q3 total: Percentage of long term Social Security deficit solved
Q4. You chose not to cover SS shortfall. Would you like to:
Q5: Increase payroll tax paid to SS by 0.1% each year for next 20 years, raising employees share from current 6.2% to 7.2% of employees income.
Q6: Raise limit of taxable wages to $156,000 per year' :
Q7: Eliminate limit so all wages are included :
Q8: Currently benefits for people STARTING TO RECEIVE Social Security are recalculated each year based on wage inflation. Base on inflation rate of prices instead.
Q9: Reduce STARTING LEVEL OF BENEFITS for newly retiring people 0.5% each year until 25% lower than the current starting level of benefits
Q10: Currently COLAs are based on inflation rate for a fixed set of goods. Base calculation to reflect changes in what people buy instead
Q11: Continue to gradually raise full retirement age only for people who turn 68 in 2034 :
Q12: Continue to gradually raise full retirement age until it reaches 70 in 2048 :
Q13a. Raise premium to $135 month in 2011 :
Q13b. Raise premium to $135 month in 2015 :
Q14a. Raise premium to $193 month in 2011 :
Q14b. Raise premium to $193 month in 2015 :
Q15. Increase payroll tax by 1 percentage point in 2013 :
Q16. Increase payroll tax by a second percentage point in 2013 :
Q17. Reduce payments to doctors
Q18. How much do you think payment to doctors should be reduced?
Q19. Another idea is to freeze payments to doctors at current rates. What is your view of this idea?
Q20. Raise age at which people would be eligible for it. Increase the age of eligibility by 2 months every year until it reaches 68 in 2034
Q21. How about increasing age of eligibility by 2 months every year until it reaches age 70 in 2048.
Q22. Limit amout of mortgage interest that can be deducted to $25,000. Would raise $4 billion in extra revenue in 2011 and $8 billion in 2015.
Q23. Reduce the amount of interest that can be deducted from 100% to 90% in 2011, and down to 50% by 2015. Would raise $8 billion in extra revenue in 2011 and $48 billion in 2015.
Q24. Repeal tax credit for children under 17. Would raise $33 billion in extra revenue in 2011 and $45 billion in 2015.
Q24a. What if proposal limited child tax credit to children age 13 and younger? Would raise $8 billion in extra revenue in 2011 and $11 billion in 2015.
Q25. Remove tax exclusion on first $91,400 of income earned abroad and tax this income. Would raise $1 billion in extra revenue in 2011 and $7 billion in 2015.
Q26. Cafateria plans. Tax Health Savings accounts with values over $7,423. Would raise $30 billion in extra revenue in 2011 and $39 billion in 2015.
Q27. Repeal targeted tax deductions to oil and gas industry. Would raise $2 billion in extra revenue in 2011 and $2 billion in 2015.
Q28. If a corp can establish that 20% of a product was made in US, it can deduct 9% of sale of product when it prepares its income taxes. Repeal this deduction. Would raise $11 billion in extra revenue in 2011 and $15 billion in 2015.
Q29. When a corporation sells a US product in another country, half of income from sale can be deducted from corp’s taxable income. Repeal this deduction. Would raise $4 billion in 2011 and $6 billion in 2015.
Did you vote for a candidate for President in the last election in 2008?
Who did you vote for President in the last election in 2008?
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Q35. How much do you think payment to doctors should be reduced?
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