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Congrats - you've discovered that compensation has shifted from taxable wages to untaxed benefits. If you want to solve this then ban employer sponsored health
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
Congrats - you've discovered that compensation has shifted from taxable wages to untaxed benefits.
If you want to solve this then ban employer sponsored health care, matched 401k contributions, and all that.
- Apocryphon 10y agoThe WWII-era holdover of making American employers be responsible for their employee healthcare is definitely something that should be gradually reformed out of existence. It used to be an incentive, not a necessity. And as for 401(k)s, well that's another can of worms that needs to be dealt with: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13304027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13304027