Reply #55: That's just it.

[Madam Mossfern]

It all depends upon where you live. Our family household income is more than 100 Thousand, but but the property taxes on our house is more than 18,000. We still have two kids in college who are not qualified for financial aid because we make too much, and the cost of just about everything here is outrageous.

That being said, I have no problem with paying the tax - as a matter of fact I do because I personally make less than that. We do get hit with the alternative minimum tax though. I grew up in a family that didn't mind paying their share of taxed just as long as our money was wisely spent on things that warranted it.