When Congress passed a law that imposed a tax designed to fund its Social Security and Medicare programs, it wanted employers and workers to share the burden of the tax equally.Most economists who have studied the incidence of the tax have concluded

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Most economists who have studied the incidence of the tax have found that the burden of the tax falls almost entirely on workers. This means that even though employers are required to pay half of the tax, they typically pass the burden of the tax onto employees in the form of lower wages or reduced benefits. Therefore, workers bear the majority of the tax burden.

When Congress Passed a Law That Imposed a Tax Designed