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by pqtyw 138 days ago
> They're employer _contributions_ to the system

No, they are the taxes you pay that are not shown on your payslip.

> They're the price you pay for a healthy, well educated working population

Yes, you as a worker pay it.

> back into the salary should it go away

It would be trivial for the government to make sure it does.
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well_ackshually 138 days ago
No, they're not. As a proof, should my employer stop paying them, _my wages will not rise to match what they stopped paying_.

>It would be trivial for the government to make sure it does.

Yes, and we assume a spherical cow in a vacuum, I know.

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pqtyw 138 days ago
> Yes, and we assume a spherical cow in a vacuum, I know.

There are countries in Europe that have done exactly that recently.

Besides Denmark which doesn't have employee contributions in the same way and is transparent about the full amount of taxes you are actually paying. Are you claiming that showing that on the payslip is somehow depressing wages in Denmark?

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