Taxes and Timing

[manbearpig]

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do ppl really not know how much they pay in taxes? i mean if theyre on an annual salary and and its say 75k a year, dont they notice when they only get paid 55k?

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The notice that they get paid 55k, they don't think about what they could have done with the other 20k because they're conditioned to consider it as not their money. To them, it's the same as the company saying "We're paying you $55,000 to do the work and giving $20,000 to someone else".

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QFT.

Having to write a check at the end of the year for 20K would sure as hell be a lot more painful than having it taken out little bit by little bit.

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haha try being a poker player. i had to write a check for $85,000 last year. i really wanna know where it went. to bomb iraq? to feed laquisha and her 5 kids? surgery to remove a bullet from rodrigo?

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I almost wrote this in the OP but figured it went without saying. I would feel comfortable saying that the majority of people who pay taxes like you do are much more questioning of where the money goes.