The simple formula is when 50% of the SS benefits and any other income hits a certain amount you begin paying taxes on the SS benefits and the amount can range up to 85% of it being taxed.

So basically when the government said, "We'll take your money and keep it safe for you then give it back to you when you're old," they lied.

Yeah - 'a rising tide floats all boats'. Nice theory, but it doesn't happen in reality - under either democratic or republican rule:

If you took all the money from the top 20% and split it up evenly among the bottom 80%, in a short period of time, the graph would be back to where it is today. 

You can't legislate fairness.  Some people are going to succeed.  Some people are going to get by and some people are going to fail.  That's life.

As Neil Bortz said:

The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer,
because the rich keep doing what makes them rich,
and the poor keep doing what makes them poor.

Perhaps all the "social programs" that we have for the poor de-motivates them from getting ahead and "losing their benefits".

I have never been an O'Reilly fan, nor a hater either.  When I did use to watch him, he would sometimes seem to have the right perspective on calling people out, both Democrats, and Republicans.  Other times he would show his hand as a classic, inside the NYC bubble Progressive, especially with the 2A, and right to legally bear arms, calling AR-15's "weapons of war", etc.  Also, I did not like him bullying guests, and talking over people all the time.

Although I know longer get Fox, I do like what I have seen of Tucker Carlson, Greg Gutfeld, and Jesse Waters.

 Look at the larger picture, and this is nothing to do whether one likes O'Reilly or not.

 What has happened here is the Alt Left Liberal using Media matters has successfully removed someone from broadcasting.  It was done with the liberal tried and proven sex smear technique, and assisted with Media Matters contacting advertisers and waging a campaign to get them to stop advertising.

 O'Reilly won't be the last.  Next up will be Hannity, then Carlson.  You can see a few others as well.  The Alt Left is empowered now by taking down the most successful cable news show.  And to add to this, the Murdoch brothers are both liberal progressives, so the transformation of Fox is underway.

   With George Soros backing them and now with a major score, look for it to intensify.

I am appalled at the lack of response from the so called moderate left when it comes to violence committed against republicans and particularly Trump supporters. One would/should correctly conclude that democrats simply embrace this wave of violence because they agree with it, otherwise, why aren't liberals what proclaim that they support peace so silent?

Hypocrisy seems o be the drug of choice for the democrats these days and the outlandish idiocy their brethren are proclaiming make me wonder if far more than half of all democrats are truly mentally disturbed.

They embrace it because that's all they have.  If they had actual policies and/or ideas that made sense or were in the mainstream, they wouldn't have to resort to violence.  The democrat party has been hijacked by the Alt Left Progressives and has left it in total disarray.

 The moderates in the democrat party quietly vote republican or independent.  I believe they are hoping for a turn around but are growing more disillusioned with the DNC as a whole.

Same with me. I've little time for much more than a drive by. Soon Anthony's going to start calling me Aunt Peggy.

Shut up and do my taxes! 😂

My biggest problem with it would be that I don't think the Federal Government should have any say in the matter, either for or against.  It should be a State issue.

I agree with this. But I also agree with Anthony that it is a very polarizing issue.  To reverse it now would possibly create a situation where the left would regain the upper hand politically, thereby putting us back on the path to economic destruction, weaken our standing in the world, open us up to greater terrorist risk, worse health care, and all the other woes the Democrats bring upon us.  You have to calculate the downstream consequences of all of that in terms of death and human suffering when you balance it against the lives lost by abortion.

Strictly speaking RvW is unconstitutional, but right now it is not the hill we want to die on. Right now the very survival of the U.S. in a physical sense is at risk and we need to get a handle on that first.

While I approve of anything bad done to the monster than is Assad, the Mango Mussilini's missiles may make more malady than magnanimity.  Us at odds with the Russians benefits ISIS.  And the last thing we need is to be drawn into another foreign quagmire.  I would say that I hope the Cheeto Jesus knows what he's doing, but I am afraid I already know the answer to that one.

I guess the best thing would be for President Trump to emulate Obama and draw a line in the sand and keep backing up when Assad crosses it.
Nothing like weakness, incompetence and cowardice to make your enemies fear you....