the ratio of workers to retirees will be low, which will lower the income tax base from which to fund Social Security
Taxes were created to fund the military and create jobs within the government. Revenue from state sales taxes pay for jobs within the state, property taxes pay for public education, and federal taxes pay for the military and those employed by the federal government.
The government sets the pay for the military, the government pays the military and tax payers fund the government so that they can pay for the military. Keep in mind military members pay taxes as well so they themselves are paying a portion of their own pay checks.
Unfunded pension liabilityWhen a company, town or state pays its pensions obligations to retirees out of current income rather than from a separate fund to which it has contributed over time.
There are two levels of government that help fund healthcare. The federal government supplies the state government with funds to provide healthcare to people that can not otherwise afford it under the new healthcare reform.
False, it cannot.
Each state must select a rate that will fund its government operations and the needs of its citizens.
Each state must select a rate that will fund its government operations and the needs of its citizens.
State governments do not fund Medicare - rather, it is paid by workers and their employers through payroll deduction. Medicaid is co-funded by States and Federal government.
To fund the government of the country. Taxes provide the means for the government to provide services to the country, such as road maintenance, health care, and a military to defend its people.
Each state must select a rate that will fund its government operations and the needs of its citizens.
Each state must select a rate that will fund its government operations and the needs of its citizens.