so people can not only get a job but one that pays a decent living wage so we can pay to to take care of ourselves and the children, the old, and the sick while building up something for ourselves instead of falling for a con that will grow elderly poverty like a weed and depress wages massively.

Long term this will grow the deficit just on lost tax revenue and a long term stagnant economy for most Americans.

The problem is that this is a scam and a heinous one at that. When was the last time we had millions of extra jobs in the economy? How can it be ignored that if we keep millions in the labor pool that there is a lot less to go around and even more people in line to replace you?

Why not a single peep of applying the tax to ALL income to rebalance the books and then looking at a half percent or a percent to allow us to retire at say 50-55-60 if we like or need to? Hell, if the retirement age was lower maybe we'd be at least creating enough jobs to keep up with population instead of slipping a little less and creating a wage death spiral and painful struggle for folks hungry for the chance to earn an income.