The Social Security tax, like the Medicare tax, is withheld from an employee's paycheck under the Federal Insurance contributions Act (FICA).  It is combined with the mandated employer contribution and paid directly to the U.S. government.  The tax is assessed at a fixed rate on all income up to an upper limit. 

The Social Security tax is a presumed payment to fund the retirement of an employee.  Since Congress has long since spent the money in the Social Security fund, present workers paying the tax are directly funding the retirement payments of current retirees.  In the near future the number of retirees drawing Social Security payments will far outnumber employees supporting them and unless Congress starts making provisions to solve this problem soon the program will collapse.  There is not much time to act as the deficit in the Social Security system will be in the trillions of dollars.

President Bush attempted to begin solving the problems facing Social Security by opening up some of the mandated payment to personal investment accounts.  Unfortunately, the Democrat controlled Congress would have none of it and the looming system deficit is still fast approaching with no solution in sight.  It is already beyond the ability of the Social Security tax to save the system regardless of the amount of the tax.

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