1. That list below assumes one has a dog, smokes, drinks, fishes, hunts, has an RV, owns a truck used for commercial purposes, is unemployed, married, just received a large inheritance, AND is over 65. ALL at the same time.

2. Those taxes fund our schools, roads, unemployment benefits, social security and medicare benefits, and police force; they ensure companies do not lie to us, over-charge us, or destroy our environment; they keep our skies safe; they fund the most successful space program in the world, and the best military in the world; they provide guaranteed, low-income school loans... You get the point.

I hate paying taxes as much as the next guy; but every story has two sides. I hate it when people complain about the taxes they pay, but fail to acknowledge the very things those taxes make possible.

Yes, we pay a lot of taxes, and yes, we waste a lot of it. If you think we pay too many taxes, though, spend some time in Europe where the normal taxpayer is dishing out some 50%-60% of his salary for taxes.

Juan

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