[caro_douglos]

I think this is where things get unfair. As a system we are more comfortable taking advantage of these people’s ignorance than teaching them. As your said even savvy people don’t get this concept because it means understanding the whole system not just when they get their checks.

[ksdale]

I agree completely! I think it’s impossible to have a productive discussion about taxation on the national level when no one even knows how much they’re paying and where the money is going. Not that that information isn’t fairly easily attainable, but in my experience, very few people attain it and even fewer fully understand it.