"Unemployment payouts, Social Security ("Old age pension"), Social Security Disability, and Medicare are paid for through dedicated taxes and charges on employers (in the case of unemployment). That's why we usually call them insurance or entitlements. Social Security Disability Insurance, or SSDI, is paid as part of Social Security itself."
And are you able to choose not to pay into such a scheme? If not, then it might as well be a plain tax that happens to be labelled as separate.
And are you able to choose not to pay into such a scheme? If not, then it might as well be a plain tax that happens to be labelled as separate.