U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, recently announced reintroduction of the Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act (H.R. 1040). This bill assists middle-class seniors by eliminating the federal income tax on Social Security benefits (“Trump, Musk could ‘crater’ Social Security, former commissioner Martin O’Malley says,” Feb. 19).
President Donald Trump campaigned to eliminate federal taxes on Social Security which if one looks at this House-sponsored bill is a good idea. All the co-sponsors of the bill are Republican legislators so, of course, this means there is only one co-sponsor of the bill from Maryland’s congressional delegation — U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, the state’s only Republican House member.
Why is this? I would like to see responses from Maryland’s House Democrats and from our two United States senators who I think should be supportive of this bill.
— Arthur Sabo, Linthicum
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