Comment on Silicon Valley's hunger problems grow during a time of record profitsparentComments−PhantomGremlin5yThe problem is nearly all white-collar people in the SF Bay Area are stingy and blind to the plights of anyone else besides themselves.Perhaps people should voluntarily give to charity. But let's not be quick to call them stingy if they don't.Take a $200,000 Bay Area salary, and the taxes paid on it. All numbers crude, my point remains w/o exact amounts: 8% social security/medicare 9% state income tax 25% federal income tax --- 42% that's just in direct taxes and further: 8% sales tax direct property tax if own house indirect property tax if renting gas tax income tax on stock options The list is almost endless.A better question is: where the fuck does all the money already being paid go to?−amanaplanacanal5yWell, the military budget seems to be doing just fine.−Throwaway17715y52% of total, last I checked.
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The problem is nearly all white-collar people in the SF Bay Area are stingy and blind to the plights of anyone else besides themselves.
Perhaps people should voluntarily give to charity. But let's not be quick to call them stingy if they don't.
Take a $200,000 Bay Area salary, and the taxes paid on it. All numbers crude, my point remains w/o exact amounts:
and further: The list is almost endless.A better question is: where the fuck does all the money already being paid go to?
Well, the military budget seems to be doing just fine.
52% of total, last I checked.