Overtaxed America: I really don’t know what to say

A friend sent me this graphic today from the Wall Street Journal which depicts the suffering that Americans experience under the new tax plan.

I saw the “single parent” and thought to myself, “wow, she makes the same amount of money I do” then I noticed the extra zero.

My heart goes out to these people, and to the Wall Street Journal, which is clearly based in a world that I’m wholly unfamiliar with.

It’s tragic, really. You can tell by their faces that they are suffering terribly.

Honestly, as a guy that’s never broken $30K in his lifetime, I can’t adequately express how much rage this is producing.

Tags: americans experience, amount of money, current-events, occupy-wall-street, politics, wall street journal

About Pete Larson

Researcher at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. Lecturer in the University of Michigan School of Public Health and at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I do epidemiology, public health, GIS, health disparities and environmental justice. I also do music and weird stuff.

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Alicia says : January 17, 2013 at 12:53 pm
Those sad. sad top 1% who will be missing an extra $250/month of their $15,000/month paychecks. Yeah, they won’t really notice that. Stop crying and go vacation in Mazatlan, you sad, rich people.
stumpwater says : January 17, 2013 at 2:45 pm
Head spinning out of control now. I thought at first it was all typos. But it’s not. Unbelievable.
stumpwater says : January 17, 2013 at 4:46 pm
Also note that the only party whose taxes did not increase is portrayed as African American. Disgusting!
Bob says : January 18, 2013 at 4:37 am
There’s a Revolution coming in this Country,a government that’s broken,businesses running the politicians,endless amounts of money in campaigns,and all with no disclosure,sounds almost Fascist