Ugh. Taxes.
Just add one more straw to the camel's back from running a small business standpoint. . . sales tax, social security tax, workers comp tax, school district tax, etc. etc. etc.

One of the reasons I do not like direct deposit (I still write out paper checks) is it makes it even easier for people to be unaware of how much money is taken out of their paycheck each pay period. Most people probably don't pay too much attention to a physical check stub anyway, but at least it is in your hand in front of you.

If only people could understand how much they are actually being taxed on everything. . . I dare say we are being taxed more than when the original colonists declared independence from England (but don't hold me to that ).

I am not against paying taxes when they are applied to worthy situations but there is so much waste, inefficiency, and redundancy in governmental departments. The Mrs. works for a local city and the stories I hear about lack of work ethic, random raises/salary increases for no reason, favoritism for various work positions. . . I could describe situations that will leave you scratching and/or shaking your head when it comes to some of the day to day municipal routine. Multiply that on a county, state, and federal level -- instead of figuring out how to make something work with the money available (like I/most every other citizen has to do) someone is always looking to raises taxes to throw more money at an often corrupt and sometimes broken system.

I guess as long as most people have the car in the drive, pizza in the oven, phone in their hand, and can take their annual trips to Disneyland then most wont care. Not sure how many more straws the camel's back can take, but I have no doubt politicians will keep trying to add them on.

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