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Originally Posted by tompe
Exactly my opinion also.
And it is not 50% that gets deducted. It is more like 30%.
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I pay minimal "taxes" in the US, because I'm supporting a family of four with my job... but over 30% of my gross income goes towards medical insurance. And it's a flat amount, not a percentage; when our hours were cut because of the recession, my medical insurance payments don't go down.
I'd happily swap our tax system for one where I didn't have to seriously consider quitting my job & working part-time at lower pay, in order to get away from paying for insurance I can no longer afford. More taxes would be okay, as long as they went down if my income went down.