alt Hacker NewsPedantry: the article claims "Paying taxes is a universal experience", but only 60.4% (2024) of American households pay income tax.
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amanaplanacanal • last Monday at 3:03 AM
A large majority have to file though, even if they don't owe any taxes. It's still a pain in the ass.
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This is a rhetorical sleight of hand; almost everyone pays FICA taxes at some point in their life, and of course there are other taxes than Federal income tax.