https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/26/abolish-the-payroll-tax/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 00:44:49 -0400<![CDATA[There are two main objections to scrapping the payroll tax. The first is the theoretical idea that payroll taxes are a dedicated revenue stream for Social Security. In practice, it just isn&#8217;t true. All government expenditures ultimately come from the same place. Payroll taxes help subsidize other government functions, and the government will use other tax revenue and borrowing to pay for Social Security when revenues are short.]]>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:55:14 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/26/abolish-the-payroll-tax-n98618