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I'm not including it for the sake of drama, I'm including it because, when figuring out how much of one's income is devoted to taxes, that number is going to be higher than just the income taxes going to one's state or national government. And, when figuring the proportion of income devoted to taxes, this amount cannot be ignored. Thus, while you're paying anywhere from 20-51 (or whatever)% of your income to income taxes, these other taxes that one does pay (all the others I included) drive that percentage upwards. And that is, for the average person, enough of a bump to push them to pay 50% (roughly) of their income to the government. I point this out to counter your argument that most people don't pay anywhere near 50% in taxes. I don't see why this is such a heated debate, or where "anti-unionism" came from...
I referred to "heads in the sand" because most people don't include these little items in personal budgets, and thus never see how much they're truly paying to the government. Then you get arguments like "how much do you really need," and "it's only a small tax raise..."
Not heated. Annoyed. And I know see that I am annoyed because you jumped into the conversation in the middle and thought you knew what we were debating. We were talking about how much of the salary (albeit substantial) a physician actually get to take home and blow. We were not debating how much of a financial obligation we ultimately entertain with respect to our free-speaking country. So when we are talking about how you are only going to make 120k, but actually take home 60k, it was tangential of you to say that [you actually aren't even taking home 60k because you will then pay sales tax on the things that you buy, so you are really only spending 57k]. You missed the forest for the trees.
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