This is completely unacceptable. My husband and I are a young couple trying to plan for our future. Our generation no longer has access to pensions. Social security, if it still exists when we retire, will be of no value to us because benefits are phased out according to income.  That is, even though we pay the full FI...more

EDIT: This post is in response to carwasherguy who said that the top 5% pay 50% of the taxes, so leave them alone. That statistic doesn't really mean anything.  For a rough example, if two people each made $50,000 last year and their tax rate was each 20%, they paid $10,000 in taxes each, for $20,000 total.  If I made ...more

I am sorry, but there is nothing wrong with getting extra rewards for doing extra work.  If the people who worked overtime got paid for it and the people who stayed home did not, would they be complaining too?  "Fat people" are not being punished; they just are not being rewarded for not doing extra work to keep themse...more

I understand your frustration.  But the "marriage penalty" touches everything here-- even taxes.  And this bill doesn't apply to most Americans at all.  Everyone with health insurance through their jobs will not participate or be affected.  Only uninsured people will be using this health insurance, and just like with t...more