[quote=scaredyclassic]you know, maybe its a message to cut back. at almost 50 state and fed tax over 260k, screw it, is it really worth working ones ass off.

maybe budgets need to set limits for when theceffort isnt worth it anymore. just say no to more[/quote]

Well, I am happy that a lot of people now understand what I have said all along.

W2 salaried upper income middle class always get screwed when it comes to any sort of tax reform…. For whatever reasons, politicians always like to think upper income salaried slaves are rich, meanwhile leaving corporations and the really rich alone.

Some folks keep saying how great Europe is… a lot of my colleagues are from Spain…they are here in the US because they complain how screwed up it is there. The poor or entitled crowd get a lot of free things. The rich pay less taxes. The middle class bears the majority of the tax burden. Meanwhile most of them can’t afford housing. Home ownership concentrated among the wealthy. Well, it looks like we are turning into that system. Lol.

I don’t have a problem paying more taxes if I earn a heck of a lot more money while doing a heck of a lot easier work….thankfully, that is the case i am currently in. And I also have to thank a few number of piggs, some of which are responsible for allowing me to build 1/3 of my net worth with much less effort than actually slaving away at a job. Thank you AN and sdrealtor. And then there are a few piggs that I have to thank for convincing me the path to earlier retirement is paying off a mortgage on a house that earns no money…thank you ucgal, wherever you may be.

This is pretty entertaining how foobared this is, and how messed up it’s going to be for a lot of people inclusive. But hey, look on the bright side… Estate taxes are being eliminated, so now you can inherit a lot of new property and pass on a lot of property , and build generation of generation of property owners…think of feudal times when you have Lords and serfs, lol.