Fleeing their homes, many syrians left behind middle-class lives; most arrived with none of the mementos that stir memory.
Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) FICA is an act of the federal government that requires employers and employees to pay taxes for the Social Security and Medicare benefits programs according to rates set by the federal government.
FICA stands for the Federal Insurance Contribution Act tax, which was passed in 1935 as part of the Social Security Act -- the piece of legislation that created the program responsible for paying monthly benefits to more than 41 million current retirees, and more than 60 million beneficiaries in total each month.