Author Topic: So how much money does the gov't take away from you? (Read 9701 times)

Faye Valentine · « **on:** Dec 08, 2009, 08:08:44 PM »

I mean, including federal taxes, state, city , social security, etc etc. I get like 33% taken. My bf just told me he's going to get 40% taken away (working in nyc) and i think thats a fucking crime! 40% wtf

Derrick · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 08, 2009, 10:24:00 PM »

He works in NYC and it's only 40? I've heard as high as 57 if you live and work in the city.

Thankfully, RI isn't that bad. I think it's around the 20s.

B E C K · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 08, 2009, 11:07:56 PM »

Right now I'm not making anything so they get sales tax from me. If anybody's fleecing me right now it's the credit card companies.

Derrick · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 09, 2009, 10:00:11 AM »

Considering their rates are at most around 30%, that's still not bad. Citibank tried to do that to a card I never used. It was around 8%, and now they wanted to jack it up to 29.99% Janurary 1st. I cancelled the card.

Fiero · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 09, 2009, 08:14:41 PM »

@Derrick: Since you live in RI and your government pay isn't to great, maybe you could buy this animal shelter? Fucking Wells Fargo can stick their dicks in shit.

B E C K · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 09, 2009, 10:28:14 PM »

I thought he was still living in America's wang.

Fiero · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 09, 2009, 10:37:23 PM »

He said some shit about RI didn't he? Am I fucking stupid or something?

B E C K · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 10, 2009, 12:38:28 AM »

I thought he was from that general area but then he moved to AMERICA'S WANG.

Derrick · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 10, 2009, 05:16:09 AM »

I moved back. The Wang was too much for me to handle. Now I am back in the best state evar. YAY WINTER!

B E C K · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 10, 2009, 04:04:35 PM »

When did that happen?

Merla · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 10, 2009, 04:25:27 PM »

19% Federal withholding and social security

9% retirement

2% parking and charitable contributions

The university pays my medical premium, which is $400 a month.

I just now got the Wang thing.

Rama · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 10, 2009, 04:41:03 PM »

Oh they approved your surgery?

Oh the FL joke...never mind. Thought you meant something else.

Merla · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 10, 2009, 05:01:49 PM »

Oh man that does sound bad.

Fiero · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 10, 2009, 05:48:37 PM »

That was great.

B E C K · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 10, 2009, 06:56:34 PM »

I was about to check.

Fiero · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 10, 2009, 08:39:21 PM »

Do it anyway.

Derrick · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 11, 2009, 06:03:05 AM »

Quote from: B E C K on Dec 10, 2009, 04:04:35 PM

When did that happen?

December of last year.

Derrick · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 11, 2009, 06:03:46 AM »

Quote from: Merla on Dec 10, 2009, 04:25:27 PM

The university pays my medical premium, which is $400 a month.

I just now got the Wang thing.

It was that combo that wins post of the year. No other contenders, I swear.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 11, 2009, 03:35:39 PM »

Quote from: Derrick on Dec 08, 2009, 10:24:00 PM

He works in NYC and it's only 40? I've heard as high as 57 if you live and work in the city.

Thankfully, RI isn't that bad. I think it's around the 20s.

WHAT. I've never heard of that! I thought that only happened in some countries in Europe. This is horse manure. Anyways he has an apartment in Manhattan and here in Philly (his main residence is here). He still has to paid taxes for both states though.

Derrick · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 11, 2009, 05:24:05 PM »

Do you mean all of the taxes together, or just federal. If you live in Manhattan, you pay Fed, State, City, Borough, and the all the various assessments on properties and fees for the mass amounts of transit systems.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 11, 2009, 08:19:09 PM »

No se senor

Derrick · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 12, 2009, 11:38:44 AM »

Claro que si.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 02, 2010, 01:01:17 AM »

When all the health care stuff goes into effect, expect the average U.S. top combined state-federal marginal tax rate to hit about 52%. And embedded taxes in goods and services will rise as providers brace for the reaming they're going to take due to health care, cap & trade, the long-desired (by some) but not-yet VAT, and any number of other current federal projects. And with the value of the dollar getting lower, expect your money to not buy as much as it used to.

All of a sudden, Peru don't look so bad.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 03:09:59 PM »

I have noooo idea how taxes work in Peru, but I don't think you pay as much as here. Believe it or not, Peru is doing good now. Argentina, on the other hand, is completely FUBAR

Fiero · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 03:23:07 PM »

Sales tax FTW.

B E C K · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 06:04:05 PM »

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Argentina, on the other hand, is completely FUBAR

What, AGAIN?

Derrick · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 06:09:46 PM »

Time for more mass killings? OH SOUTH AMERICA!

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 06:39:57 PM »

Quote from: B E C K on Jan 04, 2010, 06:04:05 PM

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Argentina, on the other hand, is completely FUBAR

What, AGAIN?

It's been going downwards since they had like 3 presidents on a week. Hmm 2002 maybe? I can't remember. Of course the rest of SA rejoice at this, since argentineans always thought they were the shit and looked down at every other country.

Derrick · « **Reply #28 on:** Jan 04, 2010, 07:14:00 PM »

I'm so happy for this. FIU had a snobby Argentinian community.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #29 on:** Jan 05, 2010, 07:47:54 AM »

OO yeah I know a couple of argentinians that go there. But it's not just there, they are snobby EVERYWHERE. The only thing they have on their side is that most of them are hawt