Social Security
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July 1, 2016
Tweaking the Social Security Wage Cap (5/3/2011)
Originally published 5/3/2011 · republished 2016
When I began employment at Eastman Chemical Company in 1965, the Social Security wage cap was $4,800, the rate was 3.625% for employee and employer,…
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July 10, 2016
Sewage, Social Security, and Slush Funds (4/8/2015; Updated 7/10/2016)
Originally published 4/8/2015 · republished 2016
In an ongoing controversy, the City of Columbia, SC, is being sued for misappropriation of water and sewer revenues. The accusation is that diversion of…
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October 27, 2016
Cemetery Lots, Inflation, and Social Security
Digging through some records in my home town this week I learned that, in 1957, my parents bought four cemetery lots at Grandview Cemetery for…
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