[lbo-talk] going galt

[Fernando Cassia]

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:29 PM,  <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
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> "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.

You get a Federal highway system, and a military industrial complex.

FC