SilasBarta comments on Optimal Employment - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilasBarta 02 February 2011 07:40:53PM * 2 points [-]

True. A few other possible factors:

Consider the impact of interpreting "I got some back" answers as being negative entries in the summation (though I hope the survey would put up a big asterisk about this when reporting the results!).
People took the question as being about federal income taxes, and that value is (incorrecty) compared to all taxes at all levels: social security taxes, state sales taxes, etc.