I wonder what Lincoln would have thought of today - where the GDP per capita is 48k and government reponsible for a quarter of it. Or to put it another way, 1/4th of the entire population of the united states dependent upon the government for their existence.
Even in the confederacy it was 60 percent to 40 percent. How much does the current population pay in taxes when you take in all levels of government?
We have the entire nation enslaved for the months of January, February and March.
Are we really so much better?
You raise an interesting premise.
We truly are captive to the Federal and State governments for taxes, not paying for Uncle Sam’s bill until early May.
Thus for one third of the year we work for the government that demands more and more from us each passing year.
And we must pay the tax on the entire income without deducting for the cost of providing our labor in exchange for the paycheck.
Our labor is worth something. Except when Uncle Sam does the accounting.