LOL - It's all back to VOCABULARY... Tax WITHOLDING, Tax RATE, Taxable INCOME, ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME....
We are not being TAXED at a HIGHER RATE than "NORMAL" for the Bonus...
The Government IS HOLDING more than the "NORMAL" withholding amount at the time the checks are issued...
In the end - the TAX RATE for the Bonus will be the SAME as the TAX RATE for your regular pay....
BUT - as for what 'matters' to the people getting the checks today that have NO CLUE about Tax prep and the many rules that go into it... YEP -- the government wants their part of your money TOO.... and they get theirs BEFORE you get yours... which means you get a tiny little amount of the 750....
Say what you mean, mean what you say -