Sorry to jump in here early in the thread, but I currently pay 35% income tax. It's not normal. Someone asked to borrow 10k and I told them it would cost me 6k to do that. So I'd have to pull 16, 000 dollars out of an account to get 10,000 dollars. In the next few years we'll be able to lessen that, but basically I pay a lot. And I should. Lots of people with more money than me, and there are lots, pay 20% in taxes. Lots of people pay zero. If you have like 5 or 15 million, you're going to have to do some work before you stop paying exorbitant taxes. Above that, you're going to pay very little. Fuck you.