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Just a small rant.
I am starting to get soooooo pissed off with politicians and govt.
My wife and are both fortunate to have great jobs and a decent life. We've both worked hard; put our ownselves thru school, (paid for by us) and have struggled and sacrificed and saved to make a decent living for ourselves and our single child. We have worked hard to secure our future both near term and in retirement.
Living here in southern California, we both have to work to afford a great, SLIGHTLY above median home. We happily pay taxes... a crap ton of taxes. We invest in the community and the economy. Our income is decent for a married couple, just over 200k a year. Thats SOUNDS like a lot, but truly, after you account for mortgage, health insurance, child care expenses, food, future college tuition, retirement savings, property tax, income tax, ****ing insane high gasoline prices and dmv registration fees, car insurance, home insurance, etc, etc. You know - all that responsible adult crap, $200k just isn't that much. So like it or not, as you all know being in southern California that's not really a super windfall. Sure, if we had that income in Texas or Arizona, we would be sitting very, very nice.
But, I cant stop feeling that we are constantly being crapped on.... according to dems and the govt, we make just a hair too much to qualify for various tax rebates, we make just a hair too much to qualify for tax incentives for student loans. Child care expenses.... nope - make just a hair too much.
Yet, at no time do we ever actually get to a point where we are anything more than middle class. And I dont want to be. We are happy here. We live in a middle class neighborhood, own a middle class home, drive middle class cars, visit middle class restaurants and go on decent vacations every couple of years. I have my slice of the dream. But the govt seems to want to take my slice and part it out to others.
We barely qualify for any tax deductions. So much so that we both put a MASSIVE amount into tax withholding each year. I mean, not only claiming zero exemptions, WE ACTUALLY PAY MORE into withholding! We put as much as we can into 401k to help lower taxable income AND STILL OWE thousands in income tax each year.
Its just starting to make me sick and angry hearing about those who dont do anything; dont work and dont contribute get a free handout and then ***** that it isn't enough or that they can't make a living on minimum wage. No ****, idiot. It's called MINIMUM WAGE.
Ive lost my compassion for those who can't or wont help themselves. I have none left. It's been sucked out of me. I've lost the ability to try and help because I can't afford it anymore. We do donate at church and donate to goodwill a few times a year. Although honestly, I do it now more for the meager tax deduction than for compassion.
I just dont know how some ****ing politicians can think that my family is too rich or too well off and therefore dont deserve any breaks. On top of all that, that I should be taxed out of existence to help "those in more need". I think, they think, the middle class has millions socked away and are mixing us up with themselves and other millionaires that have multiple vacation homes, and private jets. I'm tired of being thought of as their ATM machine for welfare projects.
I mean, ****: Im not looking for someone to pay our way and I am not asking for a hand out. But it sure seems long over due that things could be made just a little easier for the middle class. Just a tiny little bit.
After all, as an endangered species, shouldn't the middle class be afforded SOME sort of protection?
Rant over... thanks for letting blow off a little steam.
I am starting to get soooooo pissed off with politicians and govt.
My wife and are both fortunate to have great jobs and a decent life. We've both worked hard; put our ownselves thru school, (paid for by us) and have struggled and sacrificed and saved to make a decent living for ourselves and our single child. We have worked hard to secure our future both near term and in retirement.
Living here in southern California, we both have to work to afford a great, SLIGHTLY above median home. We happily pay taxes... a crap ton of taxes. We invest in the community and the economy. Our income is decent for a married couple, just over 200k a year. Thats SOUNDS like a lot, but truly, after you account for mortgage, health insurance, child care expenses, food, future college tuition, retirement savings, property tax, income tax, ****ing insane high gasoline prices and dmv registration fees, car insurance, home insurance, etc, etc. You know - all that responsible adult crap, $200k just isn't that much. So like it or not, as you all know being in southern California that's not really a super windfall. Sure, if we had that income in Texas or Arizona, we would be sitting very, very nice.
But, I cant stop feeling that we are constantly being crapped on.... according to dems and the govt, we make just a hair too much to qualify for various tax rebates, we make just a hair too much to qualify for tax incentives for student loans. Child care expenses.... nope - make just a hair too much.
Yet, at no time do we ever actually get to a point where we are anything more than middle class. And I dont want to be. We are happy here. We live in a middle class neighborhood, own a middle class home, drive middle class cars, visit middle class restaurants and go on decent vacations every couple of years. I have my slice of the dream. But the govt seems to want to take my slice and part it out to others.
We barely qualify for any tax deductions. So much so that we both put a MASSIVE amount into tax withholding each year. I mean, not only claiming zero exemptions, WE ACTUALLY PAY MORE into withholding! We put as much as we can into 401k to help lower taxable income AND STILL OWE thousands in income tax each year.
Its just starting to make me sick and angry hearing about those who dont do anything; dont work and dont contribute get a free handout and then ***** that it isn't enough or that they can't make a living on minimum wage. No ****, idiot. It's called MINIMUM WAGE.
Ive lost my compassion for those who can't or wont help themselves. I have none left. It's been sucked out of me. I've lost the ability to try and help because I can't afford it anymore. We do donate at church and donate to goodwill a few times a year. Although honestly, I do it now more for the meager tax deduction than for compassion.
I just dont know how some ****ing politicians can think that my family is too rich or too well off and therefore dont deserve any breaks. On top of all that, that I should be taxed out of existence to help "those in more need". I think, they think, the middle class has millions socked away and are mixing us up with themselves and other millionaires that have multiple vacation homes, and private jets. I'm tired of being thought of as their ATM machine for welfare projects.
I mean, ****: Im not looking for someone to pay our way and I am not asking for a hand out. But it sure seems long over due that things could be made just a little easier for the middle class. Just a tiny little bit.
After all, as an endangered species, shouldn't the middle class be afforded SOME sort of protection?
Rant over... thanks for letting blow off a little steam.
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