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Then the right thing to do would be to remove tax deduction at source from payroll. People will notice how much they are paying in taxes when they have to write
by thelastgallon 2y ago
Then the right thing to do would be to remove tax deduction at source from payroll. People will notice how much they are paying in taxes when they have to write a check every month to the government and start asking questions.
For most people, taxes are more than the next 3 biggest expenses.
- nxobject 2y agoAre you sure the question wouldn’t be “why don’t they just take it out at payroll like they did before $RIGHT_WINGER did this, that would be more efficient and save everyone time like every other country in the world?”
- xethos 2y agoIf you want efficiency, then sure, remove them automatically and save everyone the time. But Americans, by and large, aren't into efficiency. If you want people to visually see where their money goes and when taxes are increased, you do a better job breaking down where it goes when described on a paycheque. Think "$0.82 for military spending; $0.05 for road maintenance" instead of "Federal tax: $317.02" If you want the people to misunderstand and hate the government, then you make the people do math every month with numbers that change throughout the year and have financial penalties for getting wrong.
- jedberg 2y agoMost people would just set up auto pay and then it would be functionally the same. Out of sight out of mind. I'm pretty sure separating it wouldn't do anything except cause a lot of enforcement issues when people failed to pay.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoA shame because it's on your paystub. You can see exactly how many taxes are deducted on every W-2 paycheck.