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Andy Biggs: Like all taxes on earnings, Social Security taxes reduce the award from work, which tends to decrease how much people…

On the recordJune 22, 2011
Like all taxes on earnings, Social Security taxes reduce the award from work, which tends to decrease how much people work.
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Andy Biggs
Republican · Arizona

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Andrew G. Biggs discusses the negative impact of Social Security taxes on work incentives.

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