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If the number of workers paying into the system has increased so steadily for so long, why have the FICA tax rates also increased so dramatically during that same time frame?

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If the number of workers paying into the system has increased so steadily for so long, why have the FICA tax rates also increased so dramatically during that same time frame?

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The number of workers per beneficiary has been declining and will continue to do so-from 3.3 workers for every beneficiaries in 1996, to 2.0 workers per beneficiaries in 2030.