Shifting Social Security burden could help school systems Savannah Morning News Letters to the editor can be sent by e-mail .
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Preference will be given to letters less than 200 words. However, many years ago school systems had an option as to whether or not they wanted to participate in the Social Security of their employees. As a result, they do not have to tax property owners to fund the 7.65-percent tax on salaries. What this has resulted in is an unfair advantage those systems have over other systems. For example, some school systems take the 7.65 percent that they are not paying and pay a 7.65 percent supplement for staff.