[mtairycitizen]

Most people don't mind tax increases. In fact, they don't notice at all. That is the beauty of withholding.

But if they have to pay and extra 10.00 a month for gas,
there is hell to pay.

[Myrddin]

Most people don't mind tax increases. In fact, they don't notice at all. That is the beauty of withholding.,/p>

I mind it very much! My FIT was $70,000 in 2000. CA SIT was $19500 that year. My income taxes exceeded the balance on my home mortgage. The only refuge I have from this outrageous confiscation is to divert as much as possible to pre-tax retirement funds and hope that my rates will be lower when I am forced to start removing it at 59 1/2.

[rabscuttle385]

I *notice* every penny that the government gets out of my paycheck.

And then, to have the money handed back to me again in the form of student loans...with interest? WTF?

Sigh. It's supposed to be my money, right?

Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's.