> lifting the $87k wage cap on social security tax ...
> [ ... ]
> - $525 k SS tax from the CEO
> - $525 k SS tax from the company ...
You can bet that if they removed the cap, it wouldn't (need to) be such a high percentage.
> treating stock options as taxable wages ...
Er, and what do you do if he exercises them?
That's a dumb idea.
/jordan