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Originally Posted by tompe
And is the tax scale linear so if you get sick you should not pay less tax?
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In the U.S., you're taxed (primarily) according to the income you receive. Some people continue to get paid by their employer when they are out sick, so they still pay tax on "sick leave" time. If you do not get paid during sick leave, you pay no tax on that time. (Whether you get paid or not depends on the job.)
I know everybody loves to hate taxes, but let's face it: Most of us live very extravagant and expensive lifestyles, and take for granted what would be considered luxuries in other countries (You know, little things like clean water, food, education, and someone to complain to when your car gets stolen. Not to mention internet service, eh?). If taxes weren't essentially supporting our infrastructure, most of us would be living in a lean-to and grunting at the other guy to get away from our fishing spot.
Under that light, I never complain about taxes.