It's a similar situation to taxes in the US. If people actually had to write a check to the government for how much taxes they owed...they'd be absolutely appal

It's a similar situation to taxes in the US. If people actually had to write a check to the government for how much taxes they owed...they'd be absolutely appalled and rioting in the streets. However because it gets taken out of the paycheck before the person see's it, it's like it was never there in the first place....and so they are none-the-wiser.