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February 14, 2020
Artesia Chamber Donates to Project Joy By Tammye McDuff The Artesia Chamber of Commerce presented the Artesia City Council with a check for $500 in support of 2019 Project Joy, benefitting community programs at the regular meeting held Monday, February 10, 2020. For more than twenty years, the City of Artesia Holiday Program has provided toys to hundreds of children in need annually. Last year, with the help of the Artesia-Cerritos Lion’s, Optimist, and Rotary Club’s, the LEAD Foundation, and the Community Christian Center, the City was able to expand the program to include “Project Joy”, a holiday assistance program where food boxes are provided to families during the holidays. Project Joy provided 50 Artesia families with a Thanksgiving dinner, and more than 80 families with a holiday dinner box complete with a turkey and all the fixings for a
EASY CHANGE TO MAKE SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENT BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE How many individuals will make $137,700 in 2020? This is the maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax for this year. This increase will impact about 12 percent of the 171 million workers who are covered under Social Security. People who make over $137,700 are not subject to Social Security tax this
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THE NEWLY REORGANIZED Artesia Chamber of Commerce is ramping up community involvement by donating $500 to Project Joy, a program that feeds families in need during the holiday season. special holiday meal. This year, the City is once again has expanded Project Joy by partnering with local churches throughout the community. The City and Chamber of Commerce will be partnering to collect canned food items,
allowing the community to come together to provide pantry staples which will help these families beyond the holiday season. For more information or to donate items or food contact the Artesia City Hall at 562-865-6262.
year. Last year it was a $132,900. earnings because they have paid so The vast majority of working Ameri- much more into the fund. Do people cans, approximately 90%, will never who collect a million dollars a year know a year of life that they are not pay- or even a half million need to receive ing Social Security taxes. People who Social security compensation? They do make more are spared paying the tax on not. Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Presiincome higher than the $137,700 cap. dent Trump and a multitude of others do There is also a limit on how much they not need a Social Security pension. can collect in monthly Social Security The poor people of the country benefits which changes a bit each year. struggle as they look at their paychecks, This year the max is $3,011 each month decreased by tax dollars they need for if you wait until your full retirement age. the basic necessities of life. Congress The prediction is that Social Secudoesn't worry about the impact that rity will be out of money in 2035. Some taxing the poor and the middle class argue that this won't happen. Some arhas. Why is Congress so worried about gue we need to increase the benefits age taxing someone who makes a million to 70 to secure continued funding. This dollars a year or more? simply means that Congress should millions of people also cut out having who die young will pay tax on Social Congress should also cut out to never receive a Security income having to pay tax on Social received by people cent of their Social Security benefits. over 75. Give the Security income received There is also the elderly a break. by people over 75. argument that workThis only amounts Give the elderly a break. ing people should to less than 3% start paying Social of Social Security Security taxes on receipts and elderly their benefits like health insurance and Americans could convert the small other fringe benefits. This would simply increase into groceries. If someone is mean killing off what is left of the paying social security tax on a million middle class and those barely making dollars a year, they are simply doing enough money now to survive. what 99% of all the other Americans are It's time for Congress and our Presi- doing. dent to raise the cap on income subject The boost in income to the Social to Social Security tax. For the next five Security fund would strengthen the proyears it needs to be increased to a milgram and save Americans down the road lion a year. The argument against this from financial cuts that will only spiral is that those who pay more will have to them further into economic woes. be compensated more in their monthly SEWER & DRAIN CLEAN-OUTS • FAUCETS • VIDEO SEWER INSPECTION • GAS LINES
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