Damned If You Don't Gordon Randall Garrett. The voltage then depends on the speed at which the armature is driven. Electricity for the farm Frederick Irving Anderson. If he drew 26 amperes, the voltage would fall, at the house, 26 volts. Electricity for the farm Frederick Irving Anderson.
Payroll taxes are comprised of Medicare and Social Security taxes--also withheld from an employee's paycheck. However, the employer also pays payroll taxes to the federal government for these programs (in addition to the amount an employee pays).
Progressive and Regressive Taxes. A progressive tax is defined as a tax whose rate increases as the payer's income increases. That is, individuals who earn high incomes have a greater proportion of their incomes taken to pay the tax. A regressive tax, on the other hand, is one whose rate increases as the payer's income decreases. I'm beginning to suspect these terms were invented merely to make the U.S.' income tax appear more attractive. Income tax is the only tax in the U.S. whose rate is tied directly to income.