[pqtyw]

> even should you want to operate in incredibly bad faith and add employer contributions,

How is that bad faith? It's basic common sense to count that together. Total cost is what matters to employers. You can't compare different countries either if you don't hacks like this that try to confuse the workers about how much they are paying.

e.g.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Payroll_...

taxes in Denmark are presumably several times higher than in France?

[well_ackshually]

The subject is not employers, don't get sidetracked. I don't particularly give a shit about employer's costs either.

The initial claim is "82% of wages go to taxes", which is inaccurate, a lie and a bad faith argument.

[pqtyw]

> I don't particularly give a shit about employer's costs either

So you don't care about the size of your salary? Fair enough...

It's all the same to them, whether the social insurance contributions are shown on your payslip or not is just an accounting detail. It's still a tax on labour and no different that the share you are paying.