Re: Truman and the pay raise

[Ed Evanhoe <evanhoe1@korean-war.com>]

At 01:33 PM 9/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:

> (snip)
>
> >>I seem to remember, the military was not paying income tax when Truman 
> gave me a pay raise, then the tax kicked in and I ended up with less 
> money per month.  It may have been social security, but am leaning more 
> towards the income tax.<<
IIRC Income tax kicked in effective July 1, 1949.  And as I remember it my 
pay went up to $81.00 a month as a Pvt E-2 but, like you, ended up with 
less take-home because of Income Tax.  I can't remember if jump pay was $55 
a month back then or not but for some reason the figure $35 a month sticks 
in my mind.

Ed