payroll tax

After passing national security and public safety scrutiny and showing that they had a U.S. sponsor to provide housing and other support, they were granted a “parole” of up to two years permitting them to work legally, which required them to obtain Social Security numbers and to contribute payroll tax to the program.

The real figures on the payroll tax liabilities of the America’s plutocrat class are necessarily murky, for reasons we’ll get to in a moment.

Two aspects of the payroll tax are boons for the wealthy.

For households with income of $1 million or more, only about 25% was subject to the payroll tax.

The latter aren’t subject to the payroll tax.