[lotsofpulp]

> There is some grey area in interpreting legitimate conscientious objection.

A ton of unnecessary gray area, and a violation of separation of church and state to give preference to certain tribes over others based on political influence.

[1123581321]

That depends on your view of social security. It may become more of an issue if contributions become a progressive tax (no payroll income cap.)

[lotsofpulp]

I assume they already are. Not just from explicitly benefit reductions like increasing the retirement age, but also the decreasing purchasing power of a dollar (inflation) outpacing any cost of living adjustments. I still have 35 years to go before I can collect, but I expect the demographics will be so tilted by then, that I will see little benefit from Social Security.

[1123581321]

In the sene that SS is a broken pyramid model that depends on short retirements and population growth, yes. However, this is not a problem the US is willing to contemplate as they would removing the payroll cap, which would become a significant national conversation.

Inflation, not so much an issue, since benefits and maximum contributions receive COLAs and theoretically wages are inflating at pace with CPI.

[dragonwriter]

No payroll tax cap would make contributions a flat, not progressive, tax.

[1123581321]

It would make it progressive because those proposals do not lift the benefits cap (most of them don't, at least.) But I do understand what you're saying about the flat percentage of tax taken out per dollar of income.

[selimthegrim]

They’re also permitted to pull their kids out of school after 8th grade (Wisconsin v. Yoder)

[Thorrez]

Do the Amish have a lot of political influence?