[quote=garysears]What part of social security am I not paying as a federal government employee? I pay roughly 1/3 of my federal taxes in social security every month. Also, show me any federal employee getting a 6% pay raise every year.
In lean times it seems like government is the good place to be employed. But in good times the compensation upside is limited by that same job security and fixed pay scale. Where were all the gripes about government pay when the stock market was making all time highs and the easy money was flowing?[/quote]
Ask your pay/personal department if you can opt out of SS Tax,
Most Fed and local employee opt not to pay this tax .
And yes I should join them someday…
6% is what the SS tax is if you are employed by someone.
Supply and demand…. hmmm I wish that worked for fire department and etc…
What about privatizing the Fire department they do it with Libraries etc…
