In the Vox article, "A bold new plan promises to fix middle-class wage stagnation," Len Burman talks about his tax plan that would dedicate a new tax to boost stagnating wages. "Social Security is wildly popular," says Burman. "People support the regressive payroll tax because they like what it pays for and because it’s automatically withdrawn from their paychecks, unlike the reviled income tax that requires an obvious and painful annual reckoning." 08/24/17