Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions
by taylorius on Thursday July 25, 2024 @05:27AM
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Indeed - UK the same. The government makes so much hay out of persuading the electorate that businesses are somehow entirely separate from them.
Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions
by razakel on Thursday July 25, 2024 @05:48AM
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Do you really think people don't know that the tax deductions on their payslip are actually their money?
Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions
by WalterBright on Thursday July 25, 2024 @02:26PM
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The "Employer's Contribution" is not listed as a deduction on the payslip.
Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions
by tgma on Friday July 26, 2024 @12:48AM
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Actually, no... At least not quite the same way.
In the US, a lot of people think of tax day as a "good day" because they get a refund from the government! Psychologically it is very different if you steal the money before they even see it than take it from them once they have felt it under their tongue.
Plus, I think the OP is referring to money that is technically paid by the employer but effectively passed through to the employee, because that's what happens, not some item on their payslip.
This is because employers have no interest in what your paycheck amount is. They care about "total compensation", which is what it costs the employer to employ you. Seattle added some "payroll taxes" and successfully sold the fiction that it was the businesses paying it. The businesses did indeed write the check, but it was the employee's money.