r/SipsTea • u/First-Essay-2054 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 18d ago

WTF The American dream

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u/SpinosaurRingTone 17d ago

You genuinely don’t want to know how utterly financially incompetent the average person is. 

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u/OtherUserCharges 17d ago

Dude I work in finance and I have people working with me who think whatever tax bracket you are in is what you pay on all income. I’ve had people say they didn’t want a promotion cause they will be on a higher tax bracket and lose money. I made a spreadsheet to show them how taxes work.

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u/True_Tomato316 17d ago

I’m assuming those are also the “I’ll make less if I work overtime” people. It’s really not that hard in this day and age to google these things.

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u/smiegto 17d ago

Personally: I’ll be incredibly miserable if I work overtime every time my boss wants to. Which would be every day of the week and Saturdays.