Apart from the super rich most people have to work in order to attain a reasonable standard of living. At the end of the day they can at least go home and enjoy the fruits of their labour – unless they are unfortunate enough to be mugged on the street or have their home burgled. Muggers and burglars, of course, being lazy prefer to let their victims work so that they can steal their earnings from them.
Fortunately we can usually take precautions against thieves by avoiding certain areas and locking up our houses. But there is no safe street or effective lock that can prevent one other hand from dipping into our wallet or purse and grabbing our hard earned cash – the government.
Governments, like criminals, are unable to create wealth. Thefore they must wait until we earn it – then take it from us. This little video, which comes from The Taxpayers Alliance shows how far into the day an average person must work before he or she can actually keep their wages from the government’s sticky little fingers.
Remember, folks, they need your money to pay for stuff like this or this or these and, of course, for some very important people…..
