Explaining to me that taxing my SS benefit more every year is a good thing because it helps fund Medicare doesn't make me glad it isn't indexed.  I feel taxes are a good concept, but I believe corporations and the folks wealthy enough to figure out h...

Every year we use the 1040A "Social Security Benefits Worksheet--Lines 6a and 6b" to compute how much of our Social Security benefit is taxable.  In step 10 a "standard deduction" is subtracted - $12,000 if MFJ, or $9,000.  This value equates to one-...