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[kandrathe]

well that is actually a very social thing, very good I would say.

:D I guess we are more socialist than you thought.

You make it seem like the government takes taxes from people just for the benefit of the one in charge?? Sorry but we're not living in the middle ages anymore when farmers needed to give "taxes" to the king, for which they would get absolutely nothing in return.

Ah, but the peasants did get something in return. The kingdom was defended, and the peasants were allowed to live. But, if you count all things including military aid for other nations (like Turkey, Isreal, Germany, Japan), then discretionary Defense Spending on accounts for 17% of the outlays. In my opinion, "defense", is the primary job of the US government. If they get that wrong, the rest does not matter. Now, I'm not talking about non-defense stuff that gets done, like in Somalia, in the name of defense.

To me take 60 % from somebody that earns 400.000 dollares per year is not really that shocking.

Hmmm, well that is a difference between us. The government takes $240,000 from an individual just because they were more industrious and you don't think that's a problem. We may not have much sympathy for them as they are very well off, but by no stretch would I ever consider that to be fair. Would you consider it a crime if a person robbed that amount of property from the rich person. No. Just because the government makes a law saying they can take half your earnings, doesn't make it any fairer.