BreadCircus on Nostr: If you work full-time for 40 years and pay ~30% in taxes overall, you're basically ...
If you work full-time for 40 years and pay ~30% in taxes overall, you're basically giving the government 1,040 full 24-hour days of your life.
That's over 2.8 years of your existence handed over (before counting commutes or lunch breaks).
Worth it for what we get back?
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2026-04-05 21:40:54 UTCEvent JSON
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