# Occupy Wallstreet **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 29, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647 "2011-09-29T12:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 47
**Author:** ![Upstate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@Upstate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Upstate)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647/47 "2011-10-04T07:25:48Z")
> [@This ones for SoloIIscoob...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-ones-for-soloiiscoob/45752/24): > > You cannot be serious. > > You remind me of people at my work who won’t do overtime because “they will be taxed more and it won’t be worth it”. > > Really? You still will get paid more than you average rate even if it’s taxed higher and you will get that money back either way in taxes at the end of the year when it balances out that you weren’t in that tax bracket all year. > > I just laugh at them and take the over time. > > Some of you guys need math classes. :facepalm Overtime is different than a raise. When you get a $20K bump in pay you do move into a new tax bracket, or at least most people would. OT is entirely different and not what you were referring to in your original analogy. OT is also not taxed at 75%, which is the number you mentioned as fair and reasonable. Even still, if your time and a half was being taxed at 75% I would recommend working at the normal rate instead. $10 normal rate \> $3.75 OT rate after 75% taken out for taxes. (Your rate, not mine.) You also overlook the fact that while businesses are posting record gains it is not just the top executives there that reap those rewards. Everyone who owns stock or has a pension benefits as well. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647)._