From: Paul Hughes (paul@planetp.cc)
Date: Mon Sep 04 2000 - 15:17:29 MDT
Dan Fabulich wrote:
> Excuse me? Paid IN? The worker is paid OUT. He's paid out and paid
> out and paid out (and, more to the point, paid off) every two weeks on
> payday. How shameful that he isn't paid out even more when he quits!
> What is this world coming to?
No, excuse me? Where do you think part of the 25-30% of your paycheck goes? Or
are you one of those people who is taking home 100% of the money earned? If so
please tell me how I can do this. Since I currently work on commission, the
government has seen fit to take an *additional* 28% out of my paycheck every two
weeks, supposedly on the notion that I make more money than the average joe. If
only this were true. Sure at the end of the year they realize their oversight
and I get some of it back.
I personally have never been on unemployment, but I do know that you the most you
can possibly get back is less than $10/hour of which is in turned taxed again!
So everybody is paying IN to the unemployment system, and much less in being paid
out, meaning the government is making a small profit on everyone. How shameful
that you have been so privileged as to never been at the mercy of a brutal job
market or tyrannical boss. What is the world coming to indeed!
Paul Hughes
http://planetp.cc/
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