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Why do proles think "half goes to taxes"
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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:52 AM Author: henna menage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432806) |
Date: November 15th, 2025 9:58 AM Author: Contagious blathering feces Self-employed and some other types of workers do actually have about half go to taxes depending on the state. But most proles aren't in that category. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432811) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:12 AM Author: henna menage good point on the self-employment tax. SS taxes were lower until like 1982. They had to raise taxes as Gen Xers started their first jobs haha. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432842) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:59 AM Author: Twinkling Beta Bawdyhouse Karate many people saying this pay negative taxes via subsidies and the EITC (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432813) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:12 AM Author: henna menage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432840) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:17 AM Author: Unhinged Burgundy Market Private Investor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432848) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:01 AM Author: Jet-lagged Lavender Cruise Ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432818) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:03 AM Author: talented bonkers national keepsake machete And it gets worse when you get in a higher tax bracket (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432820) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:23 AM Author: mauve passionate crackhouse Raymond makes like 35000k and complains about this constantly for some reason. Also he can’t sell his house even though it has “low property taxes” (prole wisdom). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432859) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:29 AM Author: henna menage I can only take him in small af doses. He was on track to make 80,000k+ before views fell off.
idk why he has the defeatist attitude btw. Doing front-end web design seems like a job you could find wfh jobs in. He doesn't send out 1000k resumes and bomb 50 interviews. He just says "it's impossible to get a job. I'm going to work at a grocery store." Like he wants to lean into being a Scummy middle aged Curmudgeon for some reason. |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:30 AM Author: mauve passionate crackhouse Wasn’t he straight up Fired though? Most companies will want a reference from previous employer or something similar, unless it’s some Scumbag “LLC”. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432877) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:35 AM Author: henna menage Idk OYT, I thought nobody checked references anymore other than to call the Employer and confirm Dates of Employment. Occasionally there are random boomers who actually check references like it's 1978.
also in the past I've given references that were just Fellow Losers who were direct supervisors although the companies' management writ large usually hated me by the time I left iirc.
He was basically in trouble for being mean to a Woman (his Better bc of Clique law), but it wasn't obvious to me that he was about to be fired. iirc the story he gave was that he said he was Done and unplugged his laptop and put it in the Corner and turned it off, then made a video in his backyard. |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:30 AM Author: henna menage https://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5797980&mc=46&forum_id=2#49432554 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432875) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:41 AM Author: Swashbuckling know-it-all meetinghouse Between federal income tax, state income tax, fica taxes, property tax, sales tax, and various tolls and fees, more than half my money goes to taxes (and other assorted government fees). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432901) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:50 AM Author: Pearl dashing sandwich Yeah, as a self-employedmo, I pay 15% in self-employment tax and then 22% in federal income tax and about 5% in state income tax. So I'm already just barely under 50% in taxes before I even include property tax and sales tax. It's probably even worse for higher earners in high tax states. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432914) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:50 AM Author: henna menage not you. Proles. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432915) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:53 AM Author: well-lubricated digit ratio cause income tax is 37%, then you have state tax, sales tax, property tax, city tax, MUD tax (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49432916) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 3:19 PM Author: angry pistol theater stage proles can't figure out progressive taxation. i still hear people talking about how you could lose money if you got a raise. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49433490) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 3:24 PM Author: soul-stirring parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49433497) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:56 PM Author: Pearl dashing sandwich Technically, I think you could lose money if you got a raise that pushed your AGI just above $23,000. The additional income probably wouldn't cover the loss of 30% of the Saver's Credit. Sure, most people who earn $23k aren't contributing to tax-advantaged retirement accounts anyway. But I wanted to be a smartass and show that it is technically possible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49434611) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:59 PM Author: angry pistol theater stage cr this is exactly the type of sophisticated niche tax event proles worry about (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49434615) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 9:59 PM Author: heady pearly lay And, therefore, one could gain money taking a demotion at a lower salary. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49434616) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 3:21 PM Author: demanding dopamine affirmative action it does when you add up all the taxes. its probably like 60% at that point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49433492) |
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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:23 PM Author: Ocher Base Shitlib Proles have to pay social security tax for the whole year. xo chads who only pay it on their first 2 paychecks in january don't understand. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798413&forum_id=2Ã#49434655) |