I got first paycheck and I lost 8.5% of amount to Social Security, Medicare, and State-disability taxes! can i?

tonydahammerman

welcome to america we pay for the privilege to live here, and grow up most people pay allot more than that in taxes like 25% plus annually and when you factor inn sales tax,gas tax, property tax,phone tax,cable tax,electricity tax, auto tax, wheel tax, etc... etc... etc,it gets up to like fifty percent or more of your hard earned monies go to taxes, that pay for out military and roads and cops and firemen and politicians,stc...etc...etc... oh yea dont forget all the social programs you fund welfare, for citizens or non citizens, the national endowment for the arts, state hospitals ...etc...etc...etc... its not free to live here

buzzo141

Welcome to the working life.

King Of Battle

welcome to the real world

PseudoKirby

thats life, you want things like police protecting you and roads to drive on then you pay taxes

and you can get somewhat of a refund at the beginning of the year, you know when you return your taxes before April...

Jeff G

that is a great deal, most people lose 15-20% just wait until you get overtime ;)

you'll probally get most of your federal taxes back, and you'll get SS when your 70, and you might need medicare sometime or even disibillity.

â˜†~Sunshine~â˜†

Welcome to the real world with real world taxes... It is Total bs but no one can escape the government taking their stinking cut that they dont deserve!!

Pat F

Welcome to the adult world young fella. We all pay that. I would bet that if you were a math major you would see that 15%-20% of your hard earned money went to taxes of a variety of agencies.

And when Barak "Spread the Weath" Obamam takes over you will be working even harder for non-workers. In Finland and Sweden they pay 65-80% of their income to taxes. 4 years of socialism, hurrah!

Yenmor

this is your first paycheck in your life??? welcome to our world....

No you will not get Social Security, Medicare and State -disability back...

There will probably be not Social Security or Medicare when you retire so you will probably never get that back...

T Jay

that's not bad, some people is 25% You need to pay it! if nobody did, you wouldn't even have a road to drive on, think for yourselfer. Yes you will get SOME back for you tax return

Go Cubs Go

Welcome to life. It gets worse from here on. Since social security has already been stolen and spent by all the politicians you may not get a dime back at all. You might get a small pittance of your income tax back sfter you file. Wait til Obama and the Democrats get done with things. You will be lucky to have anything left.

please don't smoke!

Your upset with 8.5 %. When your through with college and begin making decent money, big brother will take upwards of 40%. Check the facts through google, you'll see that the rich paid around 90% for several years.

Susie D

You will never see the amount that disappeared under "FICA" again. That is your social security/ medicare tax that is supposed to care for you in your old age -- but the reality is that it won't be there when you get old enough to collect.

Anything taken out under state and federal withholding you should get back when you file your taxes in the spring.

Welcome to work of the working class poor. You're in the same boat with the rest of us.

maggie

Welcome to the world of taxes and government and wages and the IRS.It is tough to see it taken out but each year you can file tax and get some of it back.But we do need to run things in our government so they take them out and not one thing we can do about it.

decibaldude

social security will help you when u are oldermedicare you will probally use some day,what if you get hurt cant work,disability kicks in..plus u are paying for roads the goverments partys jet liners and there coffee..so som is actually good for you,,the other is good for THEM... you will get some notice i say some back in your taxes Not what u paid in but some?..

wiemercats

Welcome to the wonderful world of American business. You may as well relax. As long as you have a legal job, you will pay taxes. Hope you didn't vote for Obama, because then you will have no-one to blame as that rate climbs ever higher.

Wicked Good

Tis life, get used to it because after college and your making real money they are going to come after a lot more.

holy_dart

8.5% is not a lot. 35% of my first paycheck got taken for all that stupid tax and whatever.
i don't know where you're from and what your state/country's policy is, but usually at the end of the financial year, you will receive notification that you can get a tax rebate. it won't give you back all the money though. and there is a fee

Shannon

It is part of your duty as an American to pay taxes in order to contribute to all of the benefits we recieve as a society.

tonalc2

You'll get it back--when you retire, when you reach 65, or if you become disabled.

Proud NICU Mommy

first job huh??
taxes are taxes. you have to pay them. you will get some back during tax season.

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