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Originally Posted by Magnetron
You make X amount of $$$.
You keep X because it is yours.
Gov makes Y amount of $$$.
Gov keeps Y because it is theirs.
Y was generated in proportion to X.
Without X, Y would never exist.
Y is and was never your money.
Conservatives believe Y is their money.
This makes Conservatives angry.
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That doesn't sound quite right.
I pay taxes based on my income; or more exactly the tax amount is based on my income (whether I pay it or not). I pay taxes with my own money; paying it with someone else's money would be robbery.