No, I'm not doing too badly, but I'm not rich by any means, either. I am suburban middle class, and I'm going to hit that mark.
High taxes
do solve a lot of public problems. That's why more people choose to live in high tax areas than choose to live in (ahem) Kentucky, Tennessee, and other backwoods crapholes. That extra tax money means that our kids don't have to learn intelligent design alongside evolution. That extra tax money means our colleges teach students how to think, instead of dunk and tackle.
1.
Amazon Will Pay a Whopping $0 in Federal Taxes on $11.2 Billion Profits
2. NYC would have been subsidizing Amazon to the tune of $48,000 per job, plus another grant of $325 million, plus other incentives.
25,000 jobs looks good on the surface, but this was a bad deal. Amazon doesn't need any subsidies; they will build their HQ2 somewhere else, hopefully without
costing taxpayers anything.
*Note: one of the things that makes an area attractive to high-salary employers is the proximity to colleges and the average education level of the local labor pool. High taxes for the win.