A couple making $54K (about $13/hr) combined pays about $1300 for a bronze plan with $6800 deductibles EACH, no free doc visits, etc.. They are paying about 1/3 of take-home pay on premiums, and another quarter if they both get sick.
40% of my salary goes to state/federal taxes. What I am left with goes to my house payments, car, child care. All of those I pay additional taxes on. Then I go to the grocery store to buy food, another 8% in taxes. Gas, more taxes. I think I'm well north of 55% of my money goes to the government. If I worked for 100 years, 55 of them would be Uncle Sam's. I don't understand how or why more people aren't pissed off about this.
Obamacare is crushing the middle class.
A couple making $54K (about $13/hr) combined pays about $1300 for a bronze plan with $6800 deductibles EACH, no free doc visits, etc.. They are paying about 1/3 of take-home pay on premiums, and another quarter if they both get sick.
40% of my salary goes to state/federal taxes. What I am left with goes to my house payments, car, child care. All of those I pay additional taxes on. Then I go to the grocery store to buy food, another 8% in taxes. Gas, more taxes. I think I'm well north of 55% of my money goes to the government. If I worked for 100 years, 55 of them would be Uncle Sam's. I don't understand how or why more people aren't pissed off about this.
Switch states. Gas and store visits are state taxes.