GP Been noodling over what pisses me off so much about paying taxes.

It& #39;s not just the money (though I pay an enormous amount).

It& #39;s more the attitude with which government and transfer payment recipients treat me.

GP I don& #39;t expect plaudits or thank you notes or anything like that. Paying (reasonable and just) taxes is part of a citizen& #39;s duty.

I do expect not to be treated like a combination ATM and portable crapper.

GP Government thinks it has an absolute right to income and wealth I personally have generated because reasons.

Recipients of "government" largesse don& #39;t give two f*cks about me, blame me for everything wrong in their lives, and scream that I& #39;m not entitled to what I have.

GP I& #39;m getting sorely tested by the incessant harangues about high-earners and "one percenters."

F*ck you. F*ck you all. Without high earners and one-percenters, you wouldn& #39;t be able to fund even the meager portion of government vote-buying programs you administer.

GP "The top 1 percent paid a greater share of individual income taxes (38.5 percent) than the bottom 90 percent combined (29.9 percent)."

Maybe shut your damned word holes + be thankful for those providing you food, shelter, clothing, medical care, etc.

https://taxfoundation.org/summary-of-the-latest-federal-income-tax-data-2020-update/#:~:text=The%20top%201%20percent%20paid,50%20percent%20(4.0%20percent).">https://taxfoundation.org/summary-o...

GP Look, I& #39;ll keep paying taxes. I don& #39;t like it. It& #39;s certainly not "fair" by any measure. But I& #39;ll keep paying.

Again, I don& #39;t need parades or plaudits.

All I ask is that you keep your gottdammed yaps shut about me, the one paying your way because you can& #39;t or won& #39;t.