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FatalAccident posted...

I get everything else youre saying in your post and ideally thats how it should be (props to u btw for all that) but I think youre in the overwhelming minority on this point .

im nowhere near 400k a year but even my eyes water at some of the tax deducted from my payslip. Your argument is hes got enough money so he should want to pay more taxes. nah man, I genuinely dont know anyone who would want to pay more taxes

I get I'm not normal, but honestly I have made over 60k before (back when that was actually a decent amount...IE over 10 years ago), and even at just that amount (which isn't really considered that much), I saved alot because I just didn't see what spending more money would accomplish. I had 2 cars, lived in a nice house, ate the food I wanted when I wanted. I didn't get to go on vacations, not because of money, because I was working too much. I just didn't have TIME to spend more money.

Now it's true, I did spend time after work volunteering for a wellness center, or later when planning on going back to college, I volunteered at El Roble after school (which actually ended up getting me my first teaching position even before I got a degree or credentialed in CA), I could have done other things with my time that were more expensive etc.

But yeah, how do people (well back then) spend over 4k a freaking month? I get that now many places your rent can be half that, and the cost of everything has gone up drastically, but back then I seriously couldn't spend more then 2k if I tried.

So yeah, I mean, if I was making freaking more than 5x that much, and someone said "We want you to pay extra taxes over 400k a year, but it will go towards improving the infrastructure (better roads, less traffic, better public transportation), it'll keep people out of jail and prevent people from suffering and it will help provide more healthcare services for everyone. I sure as hell would ALWAYS have been down for that, even if it was just for income back then over 60k, hell I'd have been down for it if it was for income over 40k back then and would have reduced how much I had to spend myself (because as I stated, I had more than I needed).

Everyone doesn't have to be like that, but yeah, if it was me, that is for sure how I would have been, and I still think most people should feel that way for income over 400k. You can either have a tiny bit more (as far as what you can afford/do yourself), or you can help a ton of people have a ton more because they are barely struggling to survive.

But yeah, I get thats not how most humans think. I'm really sad about that, but I get it.

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