"not that you are saying this but the concern about the tax burden on the middle class - I don't get it. I'm making a decent living now. I don't feel taxed hard at all. I was thinking about this earlier today or yesterday, how these people I work with bitch about taxes. And when I look at my income, how much fucking disposable income I have compared to when I made a fraction of what I now make, I just get pissed off at the fucking sheltered idiocy of these people."
My taxes include federal tax, state tax, medicare tax, SSDI tax, SS tax and sales tax. That adds up to about 45% of my income. Then I exclude about 5% in a 401k. So, when the day is done I take home 50% of my income.
What do I get for that?
Good education for my kids? No. Health care? No. Reliable, decent retirement? No Social services? No.
j.