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I figured it out once but it was just too depressing so I've developed a split personality to hide the truth from myself.
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Have not.
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Have so.
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I think it's got to be close to 50% these days between all the taxes and surcharges you pay on almost everything you spend or make.
Think about it... for every gallon of gas you buy you pay about $2.00, somthing like 80 cents of that is tax. But the 2 bucks in your pocket has already been reduced by 30% in income tax... so really you're paying $2.70 in INCOME for that gas, about $1.50 of which is TAX. ADDITIONALLY, the companies that make and sell the gas are paying tax on their operations... cost that they of course pass along to the customer (who knows how much that amounts to). Face it, these days we're here on this planet to provide for our government, not the other way around. Don't you just love it.
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