Local farmer fined for growing too many crops. The message they’re sending: give in, succumb, it’s already too late -- you belong to the state and those things which you think belong to you actually belong to the state, too.
On a related note, my husband used to work on a loading dock in an hourly position and he explained to me that he and his co-workers made more money when they worked 36 hours than when they worked 40 hours or more. The difference: the tax rate. The government penalizes hard-working men and women in these hourly positions for trying to better their financial positions (and boost productivity for their employers) by triggering a higher tax rate when they work those extra hours. That’s what a progressive income tax does. Say you worked 36 hours per week and made $1000 and you get taxed at 25% -- your take-home pay is $750; but if you worked 40 hours and made $1111 and you're taxed at 35% -- your take-home pay is $722. Same message as above: give in, succumb, you belong to the state.
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