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Then you can look up how much the tax is when you are making your voting decision. This isn’t secret information.

• WalterBright 2y ago
  The government routinely hides what you're paying in taxes. Case in point - the so-called "Employer's Contribution" to your social security taxes. There's no such thing. That comes out of your pocket, too. This is because employers have no interest in what your paycheck amount is. They care about "total compensation", which is what it costs the employer to employ you. Seattle added some "payroll taxes" and successfully sold the fiction that it was the businesses paying it. The businesses did indeed write the check, but it was the employee's money.
  • taylorius 2y ago
    Indeed - UK the same. The government makes so much hay out of persuading the electorate that businesses are somehow entirely separate from them.
  • razakel 2y ago
    Do you really think people don't know that the tax deductions on their payslip are actually their money?
    • WalterBright 2y ago
      The "Employer's Contribution" is not listed as a deduction on the payslip.
    • tgma 2y ago
      Actually, no... At least not quite the same way. In the US, a lot of people think of tax day as a "good day" because they get a refund from the government! Psychologically it is very different if you steal the money before they even see it than take it from them once they have felt it under their tongue. Plus, I think the OP is referring to money that is technically paid by the employer but effectively passed through to the employee, because that's what happens, not some item on their payslip.
• tgma 2y ago
  I can look it up if I am already motivated, but it is much easier for me to convince you to take a collective political action if you feel the depth of the government's dong in your rear end every day.