[Billy_bob_bob]

Speaking from personal experience, I used to be one of those people paying the top rate. I got burned out on working so hard and having so much taken from me. This year I expect to earn exactly $0, and next year I'm planning on keeping my income under $20k.

I've had it with working my fanny off just to have it all taken in taxes. From here on I'm going to slack off, and just work just enough to pay the bills. My goal is to earn so little that the government ends up sending me free money, rather than stealing half of everything I earned (I used to live in California, with a %10 top income tax rate).

From here on my motto is "let someone else pay the taxes", because I'm not going to expose myself to income taxes any longer. Whatever the threshold is of taxes, I will earn $10 less than that. I got rode hard and put away wet one too many times. No more.

[berserker]

I've had it with working my fanny off just to have it all taken in taxes. From here on I'm going to slack off, and just work just enough to pay the bills. [post 26]

So much for supply side economic theory!