Hey Judy--just got a property tax notice--
my property taxes are going up 28% this year.Our city sales tax is now at 8.2% and hotel tax in Arizona is now at 13%.
Our automobile license taxes run between $100 to $500 per year, depending on the age of the car.
When I look at all the taxes we pay (also counting social security and Medicare taxes, there is no question that hubby and I are paying more than 50% of our income in some kind of tax.
Another thing you are not factoring in is the cost of your education. My daughter said she would have been better off to have become a cocktail waitress on the Strip and invested wisely than to have spent all those long years in medical school and having to end up so many thousands and thousands of dollars in debt - only to have her "income" taken away by the welfare bums in the form of "taxes" she has to pay. You talk about ANGRY! She is!
(Yeah, I know that's an awkward sentence; but you get my meaning.)