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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lurker66" data-source="post: 1993712" data-attributes="member: 24459">Heres my thing with anyone who uses the argument about wages, tax rates, hours worked, OT vs spending time with family.When someone says if you tax him at a higher rate, he'll purposely not work as many hours, so as not to be taxed and bring home less.  Thats ok with him because he would work less hours and get to spend more time with family and have a little free time.However, if ya dont increase his taxes, society will benefit because he will continue to produce or work more hours, thus bringing home more income at the existing tax rate.  That runs counter to him wanting to work less hours, leaves less time for family and less free time.The jist of what the person is saying is, I want to earn as much as I can and work as many hours and spending time with family and having free time is all based on a tax rate.I call BS, you wanna work and make as much as you can.  Knowbody wants to work more for less pay.  Family time doesnt have anything to do with it.</blockquote>