>
> 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.
>
>
All true, but that's because the anti-tax people - corporate and
professional - who were not being overtaxed won 35 years ago in your state
and shafted you then and repeatedly thereafter... eventually generating a
contagion that's spread all over the country.
And, I'd imagine, you may not make all that much money. Isn't it generally that the more you make the more you get?
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