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I’d take quality of life and better return on taxes paid over more salary. Better return on taxes paid would offset a noticeable amount of salary.

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Well, I disagree.

160k per year. I have money in a variety of investment vehicles. No family (wife, kids) atm. Moderate rent since I do hybrid work and can tolerate a longer commute 2 days a week. If I’m good with expenses I can retire at 38. I could go move to a more rural area of the US or some other country and never work again.

This stuff about ‘taxes’, and QOL…meh, I’ll take more cash now, please, especially when I’m younger and can afford to.

Blah blah blah, health insurance, services…I’m 28, not really worried about it. My QOL is higher than 99 percent of the world.

We’re both private school kids, I can tell. Glad you think you get your full dollar’s worth on military spending and infrastructure, especially rural infrastructure.

I’m very much aware there’s waste. Yes, it needs to be addressed. However, for myself , the feeling of building financial security is worth more to me (right now) than quality of services derived from taxes. Only reason I’ve ever lived in the city is due to work. If I didn’t need to manage a hybrid schedule I would move. My interest are wholly in the outdoors, so I really wouldn’t be missing much.

Depends on your circumstances.

I don't use the majority of the services where I live.

Rarely leave the house.

I'm convinced that the income tax is a repressive tax, designed to curb consumption and destroy the middle class.

The rich don't pay income taxes. If you want to redistribute wealth, you have to do it through a wealth tax. Not inflation and income taxes. None of this is sustainable.

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