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**Tuqofiw** · 06-23-2012, 12:34 AM

This week, on a 40 hour paycheck, the government took 17% of my earnings, plus about 7% more from my employer that I could have earned, right off the top. That's 24%

And I don't make a lot of money on a 40 hour week. I have to work a good bit of overtime to really jump up to the higher brackets.

And, this is before I pay the gas tax, the property tax, the sales tax.

06-23-2012, 12:34 AM	#1
Tuqofiw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 500 Senior Member	Withholding Taxes. This week, on a 40 hour paycheck, the government took 17% of my earnings, plus about 7% more from my employer that I could have earned, right off the top. That's 24% And I don't make a lot of money on a 40 hour week. I have to work a good bit of overtime to really jump up to the higher brackets. And, this is before I pay the gas tax, the property tax, the sales tax.
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