It is taxes. Taxes are a contribution to a functioning society, though! There's nothing wrong with them when they are used well! > Otherwise, employers would

It is taxes. Taxes are a contribution to a functioning society, though! There's nothing wrong with them when they are used well! > Otherwise, employers would get access to employees with NHS without putting a penny in. It doesn't matter how you slice it, the penny still comes out of payroll. It makes zero difference to me if I get paid 50,000, and 10,000 of that goes to taxes, or if I get paid 40,000 and my employer pays 10,000 in taxes. But it sure causes a lot of spilled ink about whether or not its 'really a tax' and 'who pays'.