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Re: Tax Wrapped 2025

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Post by jjulius » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC

ssl-3 wrote: post #10

jjulius wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>It was impossible to proceed further. Does your mouse have a scroll wheel?

It does. But my mouse's scroll wheel is not a swipey-thing.

But at least it moves things from "impossible" to "possible"! :)

Re: Tax Wrapped 2025

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Post by wrs » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC

Editorially, it might be good to point out that government money moves in both directions. I spent $X on interest payments on the national debt, but I also received $Y of those interest payments if I have any Treasuries in my portfolio. Similarly, I might be receiving Social Security or Medicare benefits.

Maybe expand this with a second section estimating what you're receiving from the government?

Re: Tax Wrapped 2025

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Post by someguydave » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC

The federal government has become a machine to transfer the income of working people to boomers

Re: Tax Wrapped 2025

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Post by faraway9911 » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC

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Re: Tax Wrapped 2025

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Post by connicpu » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC

clayhacks wrote: post #6

DeltaCoast wrote: post #4

Very cool! But I think there’s a cap on social security, it said I paid much more towards that than I did.

There definitely is a cap. I believe once you make more than $176k you stop being taxed for that

Yep the cap was $176,100 for 2025

Re: Tax Wrapped 2025

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Post by foobiekr » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 9:46 PM UTC

This is very cool but completely wrong for high earners.

Re: Tax Wrapped 2025

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Post by slopinthebag » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 9:46 PM UTC

Kind of insane y'all pay more in taxes for healthcare than I do, yet I get it for free...

Re: Tax Wrapped 2025

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Post by jldugger » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC

slopinthebag wrote: post #17

Kind of insane y'all pay more in taxes for healthcare than I do, yet I get it for free...

Same reason doctors from around the world move to the US.

Re: Tax Wrapped 2025

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Post by Steve6 » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 9:50 PM UTC

This is amazing and depressing. Most people will never get any benefit from this spending, definitely not of equal value to what you contributed/lost/spent. No matter where you fall on the political spectrum you should be disappointed by the federal governments reckless spending. Yet it never gets better. Likely never will.

I see other people recommending taxes that are missed, but with people being taxed from every angle it's impossible to accurately measure tax burden. That's by design.

"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."

But... Even death does not save you from taxes.

Re: Tax Wrapped 2025

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Post by coredog64 » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 9:56 PM UTC

welldoneator wrote: post #5

I _really_ enjoyed this and love the concept! Scrolling on desktop was a little odd, but worked really well otherwise. Content wise it's pretty eye opening just how much of our tax dollars go to things like social security, medicare and interest. Seeing it laid out in the exact dollar amount affecting me is pretty powerful stuff. I wonder how much voting habits would change if this was a common way to communicate the…

I'm at work, so just a few seconds to chime in: Educational spending is primarily sourced from the states. If you were to sum state spending on education, you would come up with another eye-watering pile of money. It's just that this money is usually sourced from property taxes and sales taxes and so doesn't show up on a "Here's how your income taxes were spent" analysis.