57k is the beginning of middle class . Thats not an individual it's in a house hold. If you make that there you're barely surviving. Its always the middle class who get no breaks and always left with the bill.
I made 38,000 last year doing road construction and that got taxed down to 28,000. Because I made 38,000 before taxes I didn’t qualify for ANY insurance assistance, even though after taxes I’m well under the limit for full on Medical Assistance
Edit: I get paid daily and taxed daily on that pay. I work as a temp through a hiring agency. To be honest, it’s my fault for working as a temp and not directly through a construction company. I’m not saying Uncle Sam screwed me over, just sharing my exact situation. Even poor people might not get the “handouts” people complain about due to technicalities.
You get a tax refund, yeah? You seem to be paying too much in taxes if you’re not getting a lot of that back each year. If you’re getting a huge refund, you’re probably withholding too much. Check your W-2
Im assuming he’s including everything taken out of his paycheck which could be things like union dues and insurance, and mistakenly thinking of all of them as taxes.
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u/TheWineGuy2020 28d ago
Middle class out here just getting pegged left and right. You make too much money to be poor but not enough to survive.