You Make $100K/Year. You Pay $30,000 In Taxes PER YEAR. Where does that money go?

The system is fucked, and we all know it, but there's nothing we can do about it, so it's better to just not think about it. It's shitty to say - it sounds defeatist, and it is - but what are we supposed to do?
There is only one thing we can do.

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I feel bad for all the peasants paying 30+% taxes. I think I paid about 3% last year
 
How about France at 75%?

Now that is crazy shit right there. I wonder how François Hollande hasn't been hanged yet.

For the U.S. we've been over this, it's the military operations mainly and lots of other shit. Costs a lot to be the world's powerhouse.

For Canada, it's healthcare + roads + rough winters damaging everything. This country is too big and costs a lot to run it from coast to coast... to coast (north).

But again, France... I don't get it. 75 fucking percent.
 
Where have you been for the last 12 years? While you might not be in an official "war" as declared by congress, you've been at war since 9/11 and you've been involved in some sort of warfare on and off (more on than off) for the last century. A recent study by Harvard reckons $4-$6 trillion will have been spent on Iraq and Afghanistan when it's all over. The $200 billion mentioned in that pie chart above is a laughable figure.

And you wonder where your money is going? It's being spent half way around the world bombing the crap out of people and then paying them to "rebuild".

Or how about the "war on drugs"? There's another trillion dollars down the crapper.

Psst... You can't blame the black president when you talk about defense spending stupid.

LOL besides if you listen to these clowns in this thread you'd think Obama created taxes. Where was the Tea Party during the Bush years?
 
Psst... You can't blame the black president when you talk about defense spending stupid.

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LOL besides if you listen to these clowns in this thread you'd think Obama created taxes. Where was the Tea Party during the Bush years?

The Tea Party was formed in reaction to 8 years of Bush and his overspending on things like military. And as bad as Bush was (and he was fucking bad), Obama has been worse in almost every category. That's quite an accomplishment in only 5 years.
 
For Canada, it's healthcare + roads + rough winters damaging everything. This country is too big and costs a lot to run it from coast to coast... to coast (north).

But again, France... I don't get it. 75 fucking percent.

75% is only for the richest and if you think that they are really paying 75%, you're just being silly. Beyond that, the French need to pay for all the same things as Canada, and everyone else for that matter. US taxes may be low, but the country's infrastructure is crumbling.

On the upside, France has what is widely regarded as one of the best health systems in the world.
 
How about you Google boston tea party before you make some really stupid claims about shit