So, as it's now the 2nd of the month, I got paid yesterday (yes, I get paid monthly and it eats loads), and I was thinking, it would be much more accurate for them to tell me how much money I will make AFTER taxes. Now, I won't get into specific dollar amounts, you nosey bastards, nor will I get political because I know nobody gives a shit what I have to say about Elections '08 on my blog. I just want to point out that so far this year, 26.5% of the money I make has been taken out in taxes.
So, we're not talking about a few percent here, this is some significant cheddar. Now, I am not here to complain about this, necessarily, because I still have it pretty good, and I realize taxes are important for a lot of reasons. It just depresses me every month to know that I make $X, but in the end, I only see about 3/4 of that amount. You just wonder how much of a difference it would make to see a 5% decrease in taxes, or 5% increase. 5% seems like so little, it's a nickel on a dollar, but it would actually amount to hundreds of dollars a month. More (or less) money to pay off student loans or invest into a 401k.
At any rate, this has been a boring semi-political post, and quite frankly not very insightful about anything. Perhaps later I'll get something up here about Hamlet 2, which I took in this weekend.
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