Why I Hate Socialism and the IRS, by Matt Hanson...

Federal Income Tax -167.10
Social Security Tax -101.52
Medicare Tax -23.74
Total deductions =292.36

That's a car payment. That's more than half my rent. That's gas and groceries for a month, out of a two-week check.

I won't get into the IRS. For more info I recommend Aaron Russo's America: Freedom to Fascism, or The Money Masters, or if you're interested in no longer paying the "voluntary" income tax, Irwin Schiff's Secrets of Living an Income Tax-Free Life. Be careful though. Schiff got thirteen years, after his judge declared several Supreme Court decisions "irrelevant," and saying "I will not allow the law in my courtroom."

Social Security is a ponzi scheme. It is an established fact that by the time I reach retirement age there will be no such thing as social security. If you know anyone receiving social security payments, you know they aren't actually enough to "retire" on. Why am I paying? I could buy a couple hundred bucks worth of gold a month and retire quite nicely, thank you.

Medicare... I don't even know much about it. I don't think I have it, and I know I've never used it, but I pay nearly fifty bucks a month for it. The money that was taken out of my check just for these two weeks would pay my cable and electric for the month. That money is the difference between struggling to make ends meet, and living at a marginally comfortable level. I wouldn't be well off by any means, but I wouldn't have to live on ramen and frozen pizzas.

This is a problem for me. I'm taking this personally.