• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    Most people don’t pay their taxes directly; they are withheld from their paycheck by their employer. State and local governments are employers; they withhold taxes from their employees. They can report that they have withheld those taxes from the taxpayers, but transfer those taxes to the state treasury instead of the IRS.

    The state could create a jobs placement program that operates like a temp agency. Workers participating in the program are employees of the state, not the business they are contracted to.

    • leadore@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      See my answer to glitch1985. I meant to put it here but accidentally clicked reply on their post instead.