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<blockquote data-quote="71buickfreak" data-source="post: 1788427" data-attributes="member: 8373"><p>You say you "choose" to live within your means. Bullspit. When I was a product designer for Rockford Fosgate, I made 38k a year. I lived in a 1560 sq ft home that we bought for 75k (cheapest we could find) and paid 600 a month for the mortgage. Renting a smaller home in Stillwater was costing about 750 a month (rent is really high here). Gas was $1.65. I have 3 small children. After taxes, I was taking home 31160 before health insurance. We made the bills each month and put food on the table, but barely. Then gas went to $3, and I could barely afford to drive to work. I was paying 4-5k a year in income taxes. </p><p></p><p>It is not about the dollar amount, it is about the percentage. My parents used to talk about how the rich shouldn't be penalized for being rich. Yes, they probably have worked hard to get there. They also earn ridiculous amounts of money. They should pay for it. They should not simply be allowed to pay less percentage-wise of their total income than me, period. I work hard. I probably work harder than most of the 1%ers (I am not OWS, its just a term), in fact, I know I work harder than the ones I know personally. If you can live on 40k and make 80, good for you, but I don't believe you. You must not have a wife or children at home. It is damn near impossible to provide for a family on 40k these days, not if you want to actually enjoy life. If I was single, 40k would be a bonanza, but a house, 2 cars and food for 5 people is really tough on 40k.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="71buickfreak, post: 1788427, member: 8373"] You say you "choose" to live within your means. Bullspit. When I was a product designer for Rockford Fosgate, I made 38k a year. I lived in a 1560 sq ft home that we bought for 75k (cheapest we could find) and paid 600 a month for the mortgage. Renting a smaller home in Stillwater was costing about 750 a month (rent is really high here). Gas was $1.65. I have 3 small children. After taxes, I was taking home 31160 before health insurance. We made the bills each month and put food on the table, but barely. Then gas went to $3, and I could barely afford to drive to work. I was paying 4-5k a year in income taxes. It is not about the dollar amount, it is about the percentage. My parents used to talk about how the rich shouldn't be penalized for being rich. Yes, they probably have worked hard to get there. They also earn ridiculous amounts of money. They should pay for it. They should not simply be allowed to pay less percentage-wise of their total income than me, period. I work hard. I probably work harder than most of the 1%ers (I am not OWS, its just a term), in fact, I know I work harder than the ones I know personally. If you can live on 40k and make 80, good for you, but I don't believe you. You must not have a wife or children at home. It is damn near impossible to provide for a family on 40k these days, not if you want to actually enjoy life. If I was single, 40k would be a bonanza, but a house, 2 cars and food for 5 people is really tough on 40k. [/QUOTE]
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