Because it is a direct tax on our production, the money we need to buy the 4.75 light bulbs will be taken away and spent on health care that has no care in it, and is not healthy for the earner.
Things like Gas taxes can be avoided by not driving, this tax cannot be avoided as it awaits on payday, before you ever see the money, it is stolen.
Yes, and this is different from FICA, SS, and any other income tax how, exactly?