@Chizu Actually your boss takes more than the government
I'm still anti-tax, but worth to remember

@Spaghettimon @Chizu
Employer: "I will give you 10$ if do X for me"
Employee: "I agree"
Troglodytes: "Theft!"

@matrix @Spaghettimon Rephrase:
Employer: "I'll give you $10 if you do this for me"
Employee: "Fine"
Employer: "Thanks, I made $5000 from the work you did for me, he's a piece of cake as a reward and your $10 payment"

@Chizu @Spaghettimon If you think that your labor is worth $5000, sell it for $5000 on your own

@matrix @Chizu You say that like the power balance is balanced between employer and employee, when it isn't. I current society, your life is hostage to the system. If you try to sell your work for what it is indeed worth and the owners of the means decline because they wouldn't have a profit, you'd starve. In this way, your very life is hostage that you accept their deal and not that they accept yours

@Spaghettimon @Chizu There isn't a single owner of muh means of production so you can sell it to a different one for what you think it's worth. If your labor is truly worth that much, the first guy that refused to pay well will loose money for not employing you.

@matrix @Spaghettimon Have you ever heard of price fixing?

@Chizu @Spaghettimon Yes, it's illegal and also gives incentive for new players to enter the market and undercut the fixed price