r/MurderedByWords • u/Nigel_Hunter • 1d ago

Sounds about right.

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u/Huskies971 20h ago

There are Americans that think if they get a raise, they will make less due to taxes, because they don't understand how taxes work.

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u/Bruce0Willis 20h ago

Ah, I see you have met my co-workers.

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u/Summer_Moon2 19h ago

Yeah something about the word bracket scares them apparently. I have the exact same coworkers.

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u/BathroomCareful23 11h ago

I thought that when I was younger, right up to when I realized I'd have to triple my pay to even get close to the next bracket

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u/SearchElsewhereKarma 18h ago

I consider myself a pretty smart guy and I’m turning my brain into a pretzel how this would even work.

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u/Huskies971 17h ago

So to make it simple with made up numbers, say you're making $99,999 and the tax for that bracket is 20%, but you get a raise to $100,000 that bumps you into the next bracket and that bracket taxes at 30%. They now think that all of that money gets taxed at 30%. They don't understand the US income tax is progressive.

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u/Solesky1 17h ago

They heard "progressive taxes" and tuned out

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u/Witty-Key4240 15h ago

Progressive? Sounds like socialism, I won’t pay your commie taxes!