Hubby--

Nice try, again. You think it's real slick to be so "reasonable" and let anybody who makes over $90,000 off the hook for income over that level as long as they don't want to participate in Social Security.

And how many, pray tell, would likely participate in Social Security, given that loophole?

You are being disingenuous, to say the least.

The point, as John Hardly noted, is that all income should be subject to the deduction--there should not be an upper cut-off point.

As he stated, there are a host of priorities, which US citizens may or may not agree with, but which we are all supporting through our taxes.

If you don't like this approach, ask your buddy Doug R, who's always suggesting that anybody who doesn't like one US government policy or the other should leave the country.