James Krawczyk

mindbabies:

heyjk:

So with all the tax increase talk, what’s the point of working hard to get rich any more? I mean really, what’s the incentive?

I hate this argument. What is the motivation behind it? The success and sense of accomplishment perhaps? I don’t f-ing know. I don’t really care either…

I do volunteer work for a sense of accomplishment. I work my ass off for money.
And I DO really care…

It’s not like everyone works and tries equally and then you magically end up in one of these classes of society. For me personally, I’m working hard to some day have enough money to retire on and live well. But why have I toiled for the last 10 years, and will for another 30 years (or more), only to be told that I can live just fine with whatever I have, and it’s totally okay that 40% of my income needs to support others who might not have had that commitment to hard work their whole lives?

I know salaries like 250k sound crazy, and it’s easy to say, “They have plenty of money, screw them for complaining about taxes!”

But it’s not about actual dollar values, it’s about percentages. You can Google the latest figures, but it’s something like the top 2% that pay the majority of our taxes, and the Rich and Super Rich already pay a far disproportionate percentage of their income to the government.

You clearly agree that we have a system that discourages getting ahead and earning money. Because the more you earn, the more the government takes. And you’re fine with that.

Are you working for just a sense of accomplishment, or does the money you make matter to you?