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 LL> Scrap the cap.  Problem solved.

 I learned, the cap is a fairly recent addition anyway.

 LL> When it comes to taxation, some folks advocate a national
 LL> sales tax, or values added tax, as a replacement for the
 LL> federal income tax.

 US a sales or VAT to replace social security and medicare taxes.
 They are already a flat tax.

 LL> to conservatives).  And yet, those same conservatives cry
 LL> foul when it comes to removing the cap on social security.

 Now that you mention it...


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