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> They read this as those people pay no taxes Nobody on earth would ever read "not paying federal taxes" as meaning also not paying social security, medicare,

• skinnymuch 5y ago
  Of course not sales tax. However for the rest, yes people would. People are quickly reading the stat. They aren’t thinking deeply or in a nuanced fashion. They aren’t on a forum like this. They are going about their day. You agree not everyone knows what payroll taxes specifically go toward or that there’s even a separation of federal income taxes and payroll taxes as distinct things, right?
• svachalek 5y ago
  Social Security and Medicare are federal taxes so hopefully some people are aware of that.