I don’t know who needs to know this but my take home pay looks like some bullshit. What rich asshole is taking half of my pay that goes to “taxes”?

  • MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Admittedly, a lot of taxes are misspent but a quarter of your income seems a bargain.

    For example, I imagine getting to your jon would be really difficult without roads. Or a semi functional legal system that stops people from just robbing your business whenever they feel like it. Or a system that enforces contracts and property rights.

    I’ve had a job where I didn’t pay taxes. It didn’t end well.

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      1 day ago

      I agree with everything you’re saying, except my john is just down the hall…so when we’re going, we don’t need roads

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      2 days ago

      A quarter that does not include healthcare or other benefits, which probably suck out another 20% of what they could have made if health coverage wasn’t tied to employment and has high co-pays and other costs.