[going hot]

If they made the employee pay the entire amount, they would lose more seats in congress. So they place the burden on the employer, and then the congress critters don't look so bad.

The actual money, however, comes out of the employer's pocket. It is part of the gross, and the employer deducts that amount on the 941 from the gross, prior to calculating income.

It is the same with "raising taxes on the rich". Simply put, there is less of them, but the money comes from their customers, yes, everyone else. It simply shifts the "blame" in raised costs to the rich, rather than where they should be, the congress.

[Mr. K]

geez I don't believe I gotta explain this to TWO people..

Look.

If your employer hires you at 100K per year, what does it COST him?

107,500.

What difference does it make if he gives you 100K and gives 7K to the government, or pays you ALL the 107K and you sending it ALL to the government yourself? Or it would be like giving you a salary of 93K and him sending in 15K to the govt...

The bottom line is that when you get a job, what is the COST to the employer- it is ALL the expenses of hiring you including health insurances, etc.