SAN ANTONIO — Buster Posey almost never took batting practice on the field in the waning years of his career. As a starting catcher whose bat was too important to afford many days off, he learned the ...

Lawmakers averted the fiscal cliff by raising income taxes on the wealthy, but in this deal everyone's taking a hit. That's because Social Security payroll taxes are going up for all American workers.

The FICA, i.e., payroll tax that primarily finances progressive Social Security benefits is perhaps the most regressive tax foisted upon U.S. citizens. Aside from the relatively small Medicare portion ...

President Donald Trump’s proposed payroll tax cut is a threat to Social Security no matter how he casts it. During a news conference Wednesday, he insisted he could eliminate the tax if he were ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. WASHINGTON — The Social Security payroll tax cut should be allowed to expire at the end of this year and lawmakers should turn ...

Most of the newsprint and airtime devoted to extending the payroll tax reduction is wasted, at least on the employers who are said to be eager to hire gobs of new workers if only they were sure the ...