Re: Just how much of what I earn do you feel entitled to? And why?
society is entitled to it as it benefits all involved..
No, you want society to have it because you would rather spend MY money on things YOU want but otherwise cannot afford. That's not the same thing as what you propose.
Society needs me to want to work - the public sector lives entirely off the efforts of the private sector because the public sector does not pay tax, it is paid from tax. We long ago passed the peak of the laffer curve, where I've spent the past 5 or 6 years reducing my working hours (I'm down about 40% now) in order to not gain any higher income because it's simply being stolen byt he tax man and wasted on nonsense that I would not fund by choice.
Society, ultimately, is "entitled" to nothing. I earn the money, not society.
unless you prefer to live in a place with no rules and any body can just rob,kill or rape you and your family
Ahh, emotive rhetoric. Nice.
See, the problem with your view is that you can have law & order well within the 20% rate at the outer limits of fairness.
only selfish arseholes dont understand that the only reason they earn a living and not be robbed blind by every immoral bastard is society and good goverment and that requires money.
Law & order doesn't require "good" government and certainly requires only a fraction of the price we pay in taxes.
I earn a living because of my own efforts: nothing whatever to do with "society".
See those roads, you, the company you own/work at uses them.. society made that..
I paid for the roads decades ago. I pay for the repair, such that it is, with sky high fuel and road taxes. Not income tax. Not one penny of that sees the transport system.
See the police that stop any twat robbing you, the company you own/work at uses them.. society made that..
You're going to find that the police preservation of law and order extends only so far as stopping the generally law abiding victims from delivering retribution upon the entirely law breaking criminals. It protects me from nothing, and only protects them from me.
everything society does to improve "life" for all benefits you..
No it doesn't. Not remotely. Not tangentially. Not at all. "Society", whatever you perceive that to be in your fevered delusions, does nothing for me. I pay more than enough for anything your "society" may be doing of use in the first 20% of my taxes. The rest is exclusively waste.
yes it's not perfect and the present bunch of greedy selfish twats have made it worse...
They have, but referring to all public sector workers as twats is a bit harsh.