The three polys. The classic symptoms of high blood glucose are polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia. In plain English, that means excessive urination, excessive thirst, and excessive hunger. Any doctor who hears this trio of complaints will reach for a blood glucose meter.
The Social Security component of the FICA tax is regressive, meaning the effective tax rate regresses (decreases) as income increases beyond the compensation limit. The Social Security component is a flat tax for wage levels under the Social Security Wage Base (see Regular employees above).
The federal government sets the Social Security tax percentage and the annual wage limit. For 2011, you pay 4.2 percent of your taxable wages for Social Security tax, up to $106,800 for the year. If you have no nontaxable deductions, all of your wages are subject to Social Security tax.