[chucklesR]

I don't specifically discuss my income on public forums, it's crude and rude (my wife says so).

In today's world 250k a year (for a couple) in America is not rich. It's upper middle class. By the time all the taxes are taken out of 250k you don't have a heck of alot left.
In round numbers:
250k
-70 fed (28%, if stupid enough to get caught there)
-11 state (6%)
-19 Soc Sec (7.6% employee share)
-8 Medicare (2.9% employee share)

That's just the payroll deductions

That's 108k per year off the top of the 250k. That's not taking into account local sales taxes (6 percent) etc., etc.,

Essentially, one of the people in that hypothetical couple is working to pay taxes so liberals can spend it on people that don't have jobs, don't want jobs, and just want to lay around and bitch about rich people.

SCK, that seem right to you, almost half in taxes, and it's okay because they are 'rich'?