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Old 02-21-2024, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by defrey12 View Post
It’s kind of funny that the article fails to mention the most regressive of taxes—and it doesn’t matter where one lives—Social Security from one’s paycheck. 7.5% directly to the Federal Government on every dollar earned, every paycheck. One doesn’t even get to see those dollars…gone before one gets their check.
And yet one pays income tax on SS withholdings as if one actually received the money and could go out and spend it!
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