[backhoe]

My guesstimate is between 40-60% after you factor in SS, property, fuel taxes, the cost that regulations add to the price of everything, that idiotic Gore Tax on everyone's telephone bills, etc., etc., ad nauseum...

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Unfortunately too many Americans are beginning to believe the government owes them, when in fact they need to understand the government is bleeding them dry.

[tort_feasor]

My wife and I made between 80-90 k last year. Taxes were:

$12,000 Federal
$2,500 state
$6,000 SS + Medicare
total $18,500

about 22% effective rate
However Marginal rate was 27.5 Federal 2.8% state + 7.5 for SS + Medicare = 42.3%.
When I lost my job we really only took a 60% paycut.