[Dusty Road]

I guess my only answer to you over this 9% is this. If your money is sitting there not invested you've planned poorly, if it's in a savings account you've planned poorly, if it's in CD’s you've planned poorly. If it is in the last two at least you benefit from zero tax on future interest earned. So it seems a person in the position describe only real complaint is their own lack of planning for the future.

Why does that old quote of “Don't tax him, don't tax me, tax that man behind the tree” come to mind.

[mylife]

Hows that 401K working for ya?

Dont forget, you get to pay taxes on that and then Hermans gonna tax it again!

[gogogodzilla]

That’s a pretty piss-poor attitude. An ‘oh, this sap’s an idiot with money, so let’s tax him more’ mindset is, well, revolting.

How about we tax people that believe that cr@p at 150%, leaving you in the hole every year?

Is that the right thing to do? All that does is flip your attitude, leaving the concept turned on it’s head. But leaving the basic concept.