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On the recordApril 21, 1999
One of the bills that I have introduced says that at the end of the year when one gets one's W-2, that the W-2 ought to state clearly what one has paid in FICA taxes and what one's employer has paid in matching FICA taxes, because really it is all one's income. That is paid specifically on how much one makes. If the employer did not have to be paying that in taxes to the Federal Government, that could be a part of one's wage. It is a hidden tax on each and every American. Again it is one of these ways, secret ways that a time back they went to Washington and they said how can we get some more money without letting the American people know how much we are really taxing them? They said, well, there is the employee's share. Let us create a matching employer's share. It never gets reported anywhere, but it clearly is income.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the transparency of FICA taxes and employer contributions during a floor speech.

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