I just happened to have filed my taxes today (did an extension as I do pretty much every year)
This year I paid $ 43,206 in Federal Income Tax
That's more than I paid last year
Do you think my taxes went up this year because they built some new roads or a school or created a vaccine ?
It doesn't matter. The point is that the government can't give anything for free simply because it has nothing to give. What they give to one they have taken from others.
The government realized early on that most people think like you. The smartest thing they ever did was the withholdings. Taking your money before you ever see it. Before you got a tax bill and had to pay it monthly. Imagine how hard it would be to raise your taxes if they did that? People scream when their electric bill goes up $30. If it is taken before you even see it you just passively accept it.
Whenever things get tight with you financially you have to tighten your belt. Cut back a little. Not the government. They just take more of your money and most people are like you. "My cup of coffee didn't go up.", "I never miss my anabolic window." Little by little they take more and more. You never see how things would be if people were allowed to spend more of their own money. Imagine what you could do with an extra 20 grand? Pump it back into the economy creating more and better paying jobs. Money is always spent more wisely by those who had to earn it than those who just take it from those who earn it.
Our country is in massive debt but you don't feel it personally. You drive around with a full tank of gas, wear nice clothes, eat out, pretty much live a nice comfortable life. As long as you are doing OK then what does it matter. You take these things for granted and when the time comes when it does hit home it's too late.
