To Americans from an American:
I see tons of posts over and over again about what minimum wage should be, cost of housing and the cost of living etc. I wish more people would open their eyes as to the bigger picture: Taxes. People blame it on political parties, I’m here to tell you that Democrats are no better than Republicans; they’re both screwing us over.
We are underpaid and over-taxed. Why am I paying some 20% in income tax out of every paycheck? What do I get in return?
I wouldn’t mind paying income taxes if I received health benefits, disability insurance, maternity/paternity leave, free community college, etc. we literally pay into a system that doesn’t benefit most of us. With the baby boomer generation reaching retirement age and most politicians fitting into that category I wouldn’t be surprised if they give themselves a raise in benefits on their way out at our expense.
We need a complete societal, political and economical do-over. Politicians are trying to make it harder and harder for the middle class and lower class to get away with out paying taxes; while they let billionaires pay no taxes every year. Let that sink in. Throw a check in your account for $700, IRS wants to know where that money came from. Rich politician gets a 10 million dollar donation from an unknown source, IRS covers their eyes.
Biden announced people need to get back into the office and stop working from home. That’s because those people trickle money down in taxes In Gas, food, parking, etc that they desperately need. Covid went from a dangerous deadly disease with mandates etc to nothing because the government realized they were loosing tons of tax money.
Think of how overly taxed we are: you pay income tax, sales tax, inheritance tax(which to me is ridiculous), tax for the right to work(can you believe that), cell phone tax, property tax, school tax, gas tax, taxes for stying at hotels/Airbnb, etc.
If people want a true overhaul and a living wage, they need to stop paying taxes, cheat on taxes and watch how fast changes will be made.
I’m tired of being taxed to death. I’m tired of paying my hard earned money to a Government that is poorly ran and I’m tired of seeing my tax money wasted on useless spending.