Pros And Cons Of Raising Payroll Taxes

My memorandum of raising the payroll taxes past those who earn $113,700 will target an audience of lobbyists, elderly constituents and members of Congress. The reason why I am trying to persuade these groups is that lobby groups utilize various forms of advocacy in order to influence public opinion and/or policy. Those who are approaching the retirement age need to be persuaded because they are predominately affected by any changes to Social Security. Members of Congress need to be persuaded because they are the legislative branch and are in charge of passing legislation that can raise the payroll taxes. Depending on the lobbyist group and its interests there could be mixed reactions to raising the payroll taxes past $113,700. For example the

Freedom Works and other conservative lobby groups prioritize lower taxes, and are against raising taxes for anything. Conservative lobby groups have similar experience and knowledge as the AARP. People of extended age are important to target and persuade because they are the group predominately affected by reforms in Social Security. The support of senior citizens is needed to help pass a payroll tax reform as Social Security is a high priority for this group and without them, support for the bill is weakened. While 35 million people are members of the AARP, which supports raising the payroll tax, there are those with high incomes who are elderly that are part of conservative organizations such as the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) and others. The AMAC is against raising the payroll taxes, thus different groups of senior citizens have varying opinions on expanding the payroll cap. But due to their membership in multiple organizations that are concerned with Social Security reforms, it is shown that senior citizens care about reforms to Social