tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post5104259444314493488..comments2024-03-29T02:05:50.350-04:00Comments on Social Security News: Is Social Security RegressiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-91329288093922680662013-11-07T15:12:22.854-05:002013-11-07T15:12:22.854-05:00According to Dean Baker "This methodology com...According to Dean Baker "This methodology compares the benefits that each group receives by decade, starting in the 1970s, with the taxes they pay into the system. It ignores the taxes that they paid into the system in prior decades. The result is that whites, primarily because they are older, receive more back relative to what they pay in each of the decades from the 1970s to 2030s." <br /><br />http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-stock-market-redistributes-from-non-whites-to-whites<br /><br />So the methodology is flawed, in addition to your point that within races Social Security is not regressive.Mike B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-87439633505666028802013-11-07T10:56:07.544-05:002013-11-07T10:56:07.544-05:00I have not read the article as of this comment.
B...I have not read the article as of this comment.<br /><br />But have posted before about the republican party and race issues.<br /><br />The problem is many young black/hispanics may or may not benefit.<br /><br />So many young black/african americans are engaged in illegal behavior that may or may not shorten lifespan and potential. <br /><br />The same issues maybe said for white people but perhaps to a lesser degree.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com