• MrEff@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Good thing we don’t pay some 6-8% in taxes for universal single payer healthcare like some socialist country! Take that communists! I feel so American to pay 25% of my paycheck to a private company. God bless capitalism!

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    13 days ago

    If two people make 100k a year… you have taxes so basically half is gone. You then are spending around 24k on rent because you definitely don’t own a house or pay morgatage… you need health insurance because you have kids… 25k…

    Where is the rest for food gas everything else…

    And then you realize that this is what a lot of Americans are dealing with…

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      12 days ago

      Marginal bracket is 12% up to $96950 for a couple, so how are they paying 50% in taxes? With standard deduction and kids, it would end up being about 7.4% federal without including deductions from healthcare or 401k. Another 7.65% for OASDI and Medicare plus state and local ~4% where I am) and max tax would be 19% +/- 4% depending on locale).

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    13 days ago

    Keep in mind - this is just the premium. Getting actual care requires thousands of dollars more.

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    13 days ago

    That’s crazy but also did everyone read the article? If I understand correctly most people are only paying about $7000 total which is still stupid but not as click bait