Commissioner Astrue did not bother to issue a press release thanking President-elect Obama for adding $900 million to the economic stimulus bill for Social Security, but he has just sent out a press release welcoming the President-elect's call for discussion on the future of Social Security. Will Astrue be pleased if the Obama plan to insure the future of Social Security is to take the cap off the F.I.C.A. tax?
I seem to recall Obama answering a question on this topic (the cap on the FICA tax), and explaining why it did not make sense to eliminate the cap. I don't recall his ruling out raising it, however.
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