It's disingenuous to not include it. It still comes out of your paycheck, just because it happens above the fold doesn't mean it's not a real tax burden, equiva

It's disingenuous to not include it. It still comes out of your paycheck, just because it happens above the fold doesn't mean it's not a real tax burden, equivalent to the one that is listed below the fold. Splitting it into an 'employer and employee' portion was just an accounting trick to get political buy-in for it. At the end of the day, it's still a regressive 15.3% tax rate that gets slapped onto your wages.