>>>your employer paid in the other half<<<
It’s just feel good Liberal nonsense. The Employer pays both halves as part of their Employee’s Total Compensation cost.
I can’t believe people really buy this doublespeak the slimy Politicians think up.
Sorry, but did the money come to you? Nope, wasn’t part of your salary at all... Had you been self employed that whole amount comes out of money you directly earn.. not an additional tax on your employer for the joy of employing you.
As someone who’s paid both sides of it, trust me, when your paycheck FICA deduction is 15.3% and not 7.65% you can claim you paid it in... until then, you are just living in dreamtime.