Politics Done Right

Millionaires Don’t Pay Their Fair Share Into Social Security. Rick Scott Wants to Keep It That Way: Today, people who are earning $1 million in 2022 stop contributing to Social Security. Those who are earning $2 million stopped contributing in January. Those earning $500,000 will stop contributing this spring. Most people don’t know this, because most of us—94 percent of workers—contribute all year long. The overwhelming majority of workers see 6.2 percent deducted from every paycheck, all year long. Not the wealthiest. They essentially get a pay raise: A 6.2 percent increase in their take-home once they have earned $147,000. Millionaire earners just got theirs. The Ukrainian Crisis and the Case for the Abolition of the Nuclear Industry: Escalating tensions between Ukraine, NATO and Russia caused after Russia recognised the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk has seen the Cold War spectre of nuclear war between Russia and the United States return to haunt public consciousness. While public opinion i