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I paid 50% in taxes last week and I only earn 55k/year. Go NYC.

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Curious.

Is 50% your marginal tax rate (including state and local taxes) or did you in fact pay $27,500 on taxes?

To be fair you can include both sides of your social security taxes but you need to add the employer match to your income.

Not sure how you would calculate sales taxes.

~ Rick

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Welcome to the Republican party Kane. I hate taxes too.

Indy

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Welcome to the Republican party Kane. I hate taxes too.

Indy

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Yet you insist on pointless wars which are paid for by the taxpayers.

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You will someday understand the value of the Iraq war. The war is a recent expense but its not the reason that we pay high taxes, the liberal social programs are.

Indy

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You will someday understand the value of the Iraq war. The war is a recent expense but its not the reason that we pay high taxes, the liberal social programs are.

Indy

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Both are. At least Democrats admit that they are not opposed to high taxes. Republicans act as if they are, then engage in frivilous spending which will inherently lead to higher taxes in the future. This doesn't matter because the politicians initiating this spending will not be in office by then. Of course, they could monetize this debt instead of passing it on to the taxpayers but this is arguably worse because of the subsequent inflation.

If you really hate taxes, the libertarian party is clearly the best option among (decently) popular American political parties.

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If you are really paying the IRS 35% of your income, you're doing your taxes wrong.

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The IRS is not the only organization that collects taxes.

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Still, I'd like to see his math. I doubt he really pays 35% of his income on taxes. And if he does, he needs a better CPA.

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Actually Kane, you may not live in the US and directly need government services, but how do the fish get to work Monday morning to keep your bkroll strong if they got no roads to drive on?

Indy

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I feel for you, we are all the property of the system, liberty is an illusion, they can do anything they like to us, limited only by what they can manipulate other people into agreeing to.

Mack

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If you don't like paying taxes, just renounce your citizenship. There are some South American banana republics with very low income taxes that you could probably become citizen of.

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liberty is not an illusion. Not with the right to bear what u see below:
http://www.aubreyturner.org/armory/pics/glock_left.jpg