>That's something to think about as you're mailing your envelope to the IRS
>tonight. For a typical family with a taxable income of $60,000, and a
>typical tax bill of $8626, that works out to an Iraq War tax bill of about
>$2150. For a family making $100,000 in taxable income, with a typical tax
>bill of $18,614, that is a war tax of about $4650. Even a student making a
>taxable income of say $7000, and paying a tax of around $700 to Uncle Sam
>is paying around $175 to support the killing in Iraq.
>--
>Yoshie
Am I out of touch with reality on this? $60,000 for "typical" family and then $7000 for the student income. Doesn't this leave out most people in the U.S.? These statistics make it look like low incomes are for college students and then POW you get out of school and start making $60,000. I guess that means non-college educated folks start right out at $60,000 in their high paying union factory jobs. Or is that two incomes at $30,000 each (Mom and Dad both working you know) in non-union factory jobs? Am I being overly sensitive for being pissed off by this characterization of U.S. incomes or is this pretty close to the truth despite what I think I know?
John Thornton