"He is dusting off the old Republican playbook and bringing back the strategy known informally as 'Starve the Beast,'" said one advocate. "In this case, Social Security is the beast."
If it’s not a tax, the government doesn’t have the right to require you to pay it. The Constitution actually outlines what the federal government can do. Everything else is the left to the States or the right of the individual
For example, in the constitutional challenge of Obamacare, it was ruled a tax, therefore constitutional.
Just because it’s mandatory doesn’t mean it’s a tax.
If it’s not a tax, the government doesn’t have the right to require you to pay it. The Constitution actually outlines what the federal government can do. Everything else is the left to the States or the right of the individual
For example, in the constitutional challenge of Obamacare, it was ruled a tax, therefore constitutional.