Just some interesting stats.
19,437,000 or over 14% of our 137 Million tax payers work for the Government earning an average wage of $51407.
In 2008 when unemployment was < 5%, 6,700,000 or over 2% of the adult population in the US were in Jail or on probation.
Estimating 40 Million unemployed, 7 Million jailed or on probation and 23 Million on government payroll and in military service.
This is over 50% of our tax payers... Leaving one hell of a load for the remaining tax payers to cover. Add in caring costs for our elders (Social Security and Medicare etc.)
US GDP: 14.2 Trillion
US Population: 304 Million
US Tax Payers: 138 Million
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$100K GDP/Tax Payer
Looks good eh?
Government Employees Payroll Average
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Federal 2,768,886 186 Billion $67052
State 4,362,688 225 Billion $51507
Local Gov 12,305496 589 Billion $47852
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Total 19,437,070 1 Trillion $51407
14% of all tax payers work for your government.
Avg Gov employee earns 50% of GDP / tax payer.
Military Personnel Budget Average
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Personnel 3315400 664 Billion $200277
2.5% of all tax payers are in the military.
2 x GDP/tax Payer is budgeted for each person
16.5 % of all tax payers work directly for the government and are paid from taxes.
Just to make the Government Payroll and provide for our military our government must collect $1000 per month in taxes from each and every tax payer. That's $12K in taxes out of the average $24K tax payer income.
Income Tax is one visible component the other taxes are being collected through the plethora of transactional taxes.. Property, Sales, Vehicle, Payroll, gasoline, Tolls etc... And many other taxes are collected through baffling and ingenious mechanisms far beyond my feeble mental capabilities to comprehend.
Don't let them fool you with smoke and mirrors. 50% of each tax payers' total wages is what our government requires to operate without deficit.
