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Re: That thug at the ATM machine
Tom Brosz — (archived)

If I had been able to sock away just half of what I've dumped into taxes over my working life, I wouldn't need to worry about retirement or losing my job. This is probably true for most middle-class people. But then if I provided for myself, where's the power for the government?

And yes, I'm aware that tax money goes into other things besides wealth redistribution. I think I mentioned that in my post. Some of them (damn few) are even legitimate Constitutional government functions. Heck, for local stuff I have even voted FOR local taxes sometimes. I don't mind paying taxes as much if I can look in on my money from time to time.

But at last count, about 55 percent of our Federal budget--about 1.16 trillion dollars--is mandatory entitlements. This doesn't even count all the welfare programs filed under discretionary funding. Doesn't this much money flowing from one group of citizens to others seem a bit high?

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