It’s always talked about in the media as if everyone cares, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a normal person complain.

  • temporal_spider@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    I absolutely did care when I was a single mom just barely getting by, and the state and federal self-employment taxes took such huge bites out of my income. Often, I couldn’t pay them and still eat and pay rent, so I racked up interest charges and penalties.

    The self-employment tax system in the USA is royally fucked for people who can hardly support themselves even without it.