I never said it was the consumer's taxes. I said it was the consumer's money that paid these hidden taxes. The company is merely a conduit and forwards this money to the federal government every pay period on Form 941.
"These merely raise prices to the consumer and a good part of that (but not necessarily all) will remain when the income tax goes away due to the effect of "sticky wages"."
Humor me. IF they all remained, what percentage of the price of the product would they be?
"So if I go to the store today, buy an item for $100, the store adds $6 sales tax, and I pay them $106., I'm not actually paying that tax? You're saying the store is paying that tax when they forward my $6 to the state?"
And this is the consumer's money, too - and the company forwards the consumer's money for the 6% sales tax. It's still the consumer's tax since the tax rate is levied on him and not on the company ... just as with your bogus lawyer.
Now, stop fiddle-footing around and answer my question in #1136 and #917 (if you dare).