Ok since name calling week is over Docs pud, whoever Doc is and I don't want to know why you're his pud, if you think about it you will realize that taxes are already factored in to everything you earn and pay for. It's assumed a portion goes to the Govt. If it weren't you'd be making a lot less dough. Any smart person, and I'm not assuming you, would request a salary factoring in tax brackets. And extra dime gross could actually mean less net for an idiot. Encouraging spending is not capitalism. It's a bastardized form of capitalism. And it's selective so yes it's a hand out that props up various industries. Welfare. Whack job.