The shares of Social Security benefits subject to the individual income tax have grown rapidly since 1984, when benefits first became taxable. Initially, no more than 50 percent of benefits were subject to tax for higher-income taxpayers, and all of those taxes were credited to the Social Security trust funds.
The effect of the attack of Pearl Harbor was that it forced the U.S. into a war with Japan; a war that ended in the unleashing of the worlds first, and hopefully last, use of a nuclear bomb in an attempt to defeat an enemy.
What happened in Seattle after the Pearl Harbor attack 75 years ago Originally published December 7, 2016 at 6:00 am Updated December 7, 2017 at 8:21 pm We take you to Seattle on Dec. 7, 1941, and the days after Pearl Harbor. As the U.S. joined the war, mobs smashed downtown Seattle windows, local businesses sold bomb shelters, soldiers swarmed to guard Boeing, and Japanese Americans suddenly became outcasts in their own country.