# Anybody else see the U.S. credit rating drop?

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**Created:** [August 5, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-else-see-the-u-s-credit-rating-drop/259802 "2011-08-05T19:12:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-else-see-the-u-s-credit-rating-drop/259802/91 "2011-08-09T20:33:46Z")

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> [@The Best Grilled Cheese Sandwich Ever Made](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-best-grilled-cheese-sandwich-ever-made/44517/8):
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> Between the wife and I, we paid about ~80K in taxes last year.
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> For the record, I understand taxes and want to pay taxes. We have to pay for infrastucture, social services, etc. I just think I pay _WAY_ too much and NY/NYC takes a lot of the blame as well. In the end, middle class is starting to disappear. There is just too much of a seperation between the rich and the poor.

Glad you chimed in.

You are quite familiar with the city and the money are is viewed differently there by the rich to the point where while we don’t check transactions under $20 on our bills, they don’t check them unless they have a comma in them.

How do you think it would work out if they all paid the “fair” as proposed by our members, or let’s say the same tax rate as the median income of a working man in US of $29,000 (as of 2005 census), also how do you think our economy will deal.

Edit: Disclaimer: Screw taxation all together if the government can’t get their shit together, they don’t deserve our money at this rate.

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