[quote=SK in CV]…..And unemployment no more comes out of your salary than your employer’s rent does. Or software licenses for your company computer. Your employer pays those things in order to have employees. A salary burden just like unemployment taxes. And neither is it paid in on your behalf…..[/quote]
We (at my company) have to reduce employee pay by the cost of mandatory contributions. Everyone else I know does the same. It’s not a political plot, it’s just straightforward economics. All this splitting of contributions between employees and employers is just for show, to make the amounts feel smaller.
I don’t begrudge having my net pay reduced for these transfer payments to others. I am amused how people fall for the not-very-subtle sleight of hand involved.
