When they get their first check and see their take home pay they reak out.
True. My daughter was furious when she saw how much they were taking out of her Coast Guard paycheck. She was conservative before that (FReeper from age 12) but the taxes really hit home. And then the state of Washington, where she's posted, banned FourLoko, and I had a dozen crewmen yelling at the phone, "We hate the government, Mrs. Tax-chick!!!"