Friday, February 15, 2013

US Debt Reduction Sequester Spending Solution #10: Lower Social Security Benefits For Those With High Income

My recommendation here is that any individual who has Adjusted Modified Gross Income of $1 million or more in a given year is eligible for no social security benefits in the following year.  This Adjusted Modified Gross Income should include, among other items, any tax-fee municipal bond interest.

And any taxpayer who has Adjusted Modified Gross Income of between $500,000 and $1 million in a given year gets his social security benefits reduced in the following year by 50% of such amount he otherwise would have received.

Given the $16 trillion of US Debt, this is a fair and wise way to reduce US Government spending.