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nowaypablo  ·  3544 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: $11,000 for Every Household: Could Guaranteed Income Work for America?

    Civics education is clearly in the shitter when even a well informed youngster like yourself doesn't know this.

You got that right. I'm not taught anything about this, I don't know anyone that is. I can tell you how to do okay on the SATs and that's just about all the applicable knowledge I was taught in school. Thanks for the explanation anyway, that's actually insane.





b_b  ·  3544 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I almost think that it's intentionally obscured. It doesn't show up on your 1040 form calculations in an obvious way, and half of the tax is paid by your employer on your behalf. Therefore, it's not staring you in the face like it should be. And the cap isn't well advertised by the media, and politicians have an incentive not to tell people they're getting fucked.