FAQ - Question #10

     The wealthiest Americans will have paid the highest Social Security taxes on the income they earned through out their career. As a result they will receive the highest Social Security benefit because that is how the tax based Social Security program works. To most people that some how seems unfair.
     SSWIFT is designed in a small way to correct this seeming inequity. If a person earns enough money to pass the $102,000 tax cut off then it would be only fair that they should invest a modest 1% of that additional income, matched by their employer's 1% investment, to raise the dividend income of all the other citizens who were not as fortunate.
     The familiar quote, "A rising tide raises all boats." illustrates the point. The wealthy will still receive a higher dividend because of their investment, but it will be the same dividend as the person who could only make a voluntary investment of $50. It is a more equitable way to achieve the goal of redistributing wealth without involving the "heavy hand" of the Federal government.