Originally Posted by dyna mo

This goes right to the point I've been alluding. If you're doing what you do just for the paycheck, doing it more successfully is not a rosey picture, looking at it strictly by the taxes paid.

As hard as it is to do, that's why it's important to find and do what it is you love to do and reap the intrinsic rewards.

I'd wager very few people like paying taxes or what those tax dollars go to, regardless of which bracket they're in.