Economy

[Commando]

1983
8 11
2,100
50
106,000

1984
8 11
2,100
50
159,000

1985
8 11
2,180
50
165,480

1986
8 11
2,270
50
171,580

1987
8 11
3,000
38.5
90,000

1988
8 15
29,750
1028
29,750

1989
8 15
30,950
1028
30,950

1990
8 15
32,450
1028
32,450

1991
8 15
34,000
31
82,150

1992
8 15
35,800
31
86,500

1993
8 15
36,900
39.6
250,000

1994
8 15
38,000
39.6
250,000

1995
8 15
39,000
39.6
256,500

1996
8 15
40,100
39.6
263,750

1997
8 15
41,200
39.6
271,050

1998
8 15
42,350
39.6
278,450

1999
8 15
43,050
39.6
283,150

2000
8 15
43,850
39.6
288,350


sorry this didn't post linearly. but you can see the numbers Going up
heres a Link http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=19

Like I have said, now I pay about 30% in taxes. The amount I am taxed (middle class) has certainly gone up.

Reading your post makes me wonder if we live in the same world, much less the same country.

Are you nuts!!! You ever go into a store and see those novelty, "In the year you were born Houses costed x and a gallon of Milk y" and so on and so forth. The only number that is pretty close on that card and now is THE AVERAGE SALARY!!!

Anything made with steel ... f'n McDonalds and Pizza Hut even.... whatever I'm not wasting my time typing, its SIMPLE OBNSERVANCE to see the decline. If you don't see it your blind.

Have your taxes really lowered over the years? If so your the only one, and I'll call up IRS and complain.