My point is the employer already effectively pays the 55% tax rate for the minimum wage worker. The employer has to budget for the pretax gross pay of the work

My point is the employer already effectively pays the 55% tax rate for the minimum wage worker. The employer has to budget for the pretax gross pay of the worker. From the point of view of the rich, poor people’s income tax is rich people’s consumption tax. rich people consume poor people’s labor.