[quote=briansd1]no such reality, the employer and employee payroll and social security taxes together is 15.300%. The $30,000 employee generates that percentage to the government.
Property taxes are higher than 1% most states of the Union. Consider NJ and TX.
A “tax” would include the education of the kids also, maybe community college and university tuition.
My point is that people don’t “pay nothing”. Working people pay a large percentage of the income in “taxes” and “fees” just to get by.
Fair is all relative and proportional, IMHO.
Maybe you think I implied the rich don’t pay enough, but I didn’t even say that. Regardless, using words such as “pay nothing” is disingenuous.[/quote]
You are ignoring credits and transfer payments from the government. Yes they are taxed at some level but there are many programs that return the money.
If you are going to create tax payers by adding in social security taxes, you need to remove those whose social security income exceeds their taxes.
