Thursday, January 03, 2013  Taking Home Your Take Home Pay Is
Not Illegal  A common complaint, heard weekly or bi-weekly
depending upon how frequently you receive your paycheck, and
which is uttered by both Republicans and Democrats, is “Dang it,
look how much taxes they took out of my paycheck.”  It’s a
legitimate complaint.  Americans also are frequently informed,
via the news media, that many in America are living paycheck to
paycheck, struggling to make ends meet.  One clear answer to why
this is is the tax burden imposed on Americans by federal,
state, and local governments.  But there is also another reason,
amongest others, as to why this is, and this reason is in large
part a self-inflicted monthly tax burden.  In 2011, the average
tax refund Americans received was $2,913.00.  This amounts to
the average American taxpayer denying themselves the use of
$242.75 per month.  This is no little amount of money, and it
would go far in assisting Americans whom we are told are living
paycheck to paycheck.  But