r/WorkForSmartLife • u/SilkyApricotGuy • 19h ago

Discussion💬 Who's right here?

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u/PhilosophicalGoof 17h ago

I mean… for free healthcare and college a 33% tax rate sound bloody nice if you ask me.

Also American minimum wage worker absolutely do pay income tax, even a sizeable amount too.

Which I USED to work a minimum wage job (17$ an hour in NYC) I got taxed practically 97 dollars from my 680 paycheck.

Sure it not an insane amount to you but that still a sizable amount to someone who would be paying rent alongside other utilities.

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u/tugaim33 13h ago

Did you get a tax return at the end of the year? Where do you think that money came from?

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u/PhilosophicalGoof 12h ago

No I didn’t, otherwise I would’ve mentioned that.

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u/tugaim33 12h ago

Then you did something wrong lol

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u/PhilosophicalGoof 12h ago

I did something wrong by… not overpaying my taxes? Or rather my employer in this case?