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> The lion's share of what the employer pays is not taxes. It is, indeed, mandatoty, but it is not a tax collected by the state, as it opens individual rights t
by barry-cotter 6y ago
> The lion's share of what the employer pays is not taxes. It is, indeed, mandatoty, but it is not a tax collected by the state, as it opens individual rights to jobless claims, health insurance and retirement schemes.
If it’s a state mandated by the state that you can go to prison for not paying economically it’s a tax. It functions exactly like a tax in every way. That it’s legally something else is irrelevant to economic impact.
- pyrale 6y agoThe mandatory aspect is only half the definition of what a tax is. A tax is something collected to fund govt. These payments are made to a mechanism that, in return, opens rights for workers, such as pensions to retire, full health insurance, or work insurance. These are very much individual benefits, not some kind of tax scheme that goes to fund roads or the army. If you want a comparison, car insurance is mandatory in the US, but it is not considered a tax.