In article ,
 Rob Perkins  wrote:

>
> One proposal floated just recently, ironically by the Bush Administration,
> was to require employers to compute and show the dollar cost of all
> so-called "fringe" benefits on each paystub, and to
represent all those
> dollars as gross pay.
> 

    Hospital I worked at has done that since the mid-90s. Showed their 
part of the contribution to the pension and their part of the health 
insurance premium. Don't remember if they included their part of FICA or 
not right off. 

> Another part of the provision modified the tax code to make every cent of
> health care costs tax deductible, rather than the 7.2% of gross income you
> have to spend before a deduction begins to kick in.
      This was the way it was until around mid-80s or so.
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