[dfwgator]

Look at the paycheck in your hands. The difference between the gross and your take home is what the govt takes. that sum is on a sliding scale, and becomes greater as a per cent of the gross as the gross increases. This occurs regardless of where you live in the state.

[going hot]

Taking a bite insinuates that the large main body still remains.

The way these MFers work, it is more like a group of sharks taking a bite each, all a the same time, leaving the bare bones needed for survival, sufficient to generate yet another check in a week or two.

Them sharks gots to eat!