[aruanan]

Imagine receiving 100% of your paycheck!

If more people received 100% of their paychecks and then had to write out a check every 3 months for income tax, Social Security tax, and Medicare tax, they'd be a lot more wary of government promises of largess.

[n-tres-ted]

You are so right. The more visible the tax, the better. The government should not be able to take our money by stealth, which of course is exactly what politicians prefer to do