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Originally Posted by J____
I'm no politician but wouldnt it make more sense to cancel income tax for nurses and doctors rather than increase their wages? Whats tthe point of increasing wage when the gov takes more of it back?
This would also make the industry much more attractive to new doctors and nurses. 10 years in school seems way more attractive then when giving 50% of your pay back to the government.
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Originally Posted by westopher
I don’t quite understand the question “what’s the point of a raise when your taxes go up?”
If you make more money, you pay more taxes, and you also take home more money. More money is more money. It’s the same as every career in the country.
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I don't understand why so many people have this misconception that you make more and you end up taking home the same or the gov't takes even more. Tax is a percentage and it never reaches 100%.
I can see why certain borderline families may not want more money as they would potentially lose some benefits, but the cut off is so damn low considering the median income nowadays it still doesn't make a whole lot of sense.