My effective income tax rate in the US is around 33-34%.
This does not include Medicare and Social Security Tax.
I then pay a 7% state sales tax on every purchase.
I pay around 10,000 USD in property tax.
There are loads of other taxes for the county: trash, water, etc.
Capital gains and other investment tax.
In the end, I would estimate around 50% of my family’s earnings to go some form of tax.
It really is insane what we put up with. Slowly being boiled alive like the good little froggoes we are. All taxation is theft
When you mix that awareness with the fact that we have one of the most progressive income taxes in the world, it really becomes mind-bending.
Governments cannot produce, they can only consume. It's really sad we work for anywhere between 3-6 months a year for free, depending on our income and other tax obligations.
Modern day slavery is what it is. Sold to us as freedom.
Tax is all about control. Covid, lockdowns, masks, mandates, covid passports, and the ultimate...CBDC's all about control.
It’s soul crushing. I’m working now. While my family is at home without me. I worked last weekend too. This isn’t worth it.
Fuck them where it hurts the most, use bitcoin and scam the state as much as you can.
This is why we Bitcoin. We Bitcoin for a better life free from a money that is constantly debased. The normal person cannot out run the printing machine
I quit in hospital call last month. 25 years of call. Waiting for them to force me to go back du lack of hospitalist ressources, in 🇨🇦, it can get weird
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