{"id":4520,"date":"2025-04-15T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/?p=4520"},"modified":"2025-04-15T11:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:41:14","slug":"doge-reveals-what-you-get-for-the-half-million-youll-pay-in-taxes-over-your-lifetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/15\/doge-reveals-what-you-get-for-the-half-million-youll-pay-in-taxes-over-your-lifetime\/","title":{"rendered":"DOGE reveals what you get for the half\u00a0million\u00a0you'll pay\u00a0in\u00a0taxes\u00a0over\u00a0your\u00a0lifetime"},"content":{"rendered":"

With\u00a0tax\u00a0day\u00a0here, it\u2019s time to revisit\u00a0a\u00a0shocking study that revealed some unpleasant math for the\u00a0American\u00a0taxpayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u00a0added up the total \u2013 all\u00a0in, with real\u00a0dollars \u2013 for how much average\u00a0Americans\u00a0pay\u00a0in\u00a0taxes\u00a0over\u00a0the course of their\u00a0lifetime.<\/p>\n

The result:\u00a0$524,625, or more than\u00a0half\u00a0a\u00a0million\u00a0dollars\u00a0in\u00a0federal\u00a0and state\u00a0income\u00a0taxes<\/a>, property\u00a0taxes, sales\u00a0tax,\u00a0and\u00a0taxes\u00a0on major purchases sent to the government by the time\u00a0you\u00a0retire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s\u00a0a\u00a0sobering thought for\u00a0anyone who stared\u00a0at\u00a0tax\u00a0forms this\u00a0April or for\u00a0anyone who has had to worry\u00a0about their own family budget.<\/p>\n

15% CORPORATE TAX RATE AND 25% SMALL BUSINESS DEDUCTION SHOULD BE TRUMP TAX CUT CENTERPIECES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For\u00a0all\u00a0your\u00a0hard work,\u00a0all those complicated forms,\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0lifetime\u00a0of effort\u00a0and sacrifice,\u00a0it\u00a0adds up to\u00a0a\u00a0half\u00a0million\u00a0dollars\u00a0you\u2019ll never get to spend.<\/i><\/p>\n

And it gets even worse when\u00a0you\u00a0realize\u00a0what\u00a0you\u00a0could<\/i>\u00a0have spent it on.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0median price of\u00a0a\u00a0home\u00a0sold last year\u00a0in\u00a0the United States was $419,200. If\u00a0you\u00a0add that to the\u00a0average price of\u00a0a\u00a0brand-new car\u00a0($49,740),\u00a0your\u00a0lifetime\u00a0of\u00a0taxes\u00a0could have bought\u00a0a\u00a0brand-new house\u00a0and\u00a0two<\/i>\u00a0new cars, with thousands left\u00a0over.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0average cost of raising\u00a0a\u00a0child from birth to\u00a0age 18 is estimated\u00a0at\u00a0$237,500, so\u00a0your\u00a0lifetime\u00a0of\u00a0taxes\u00a0could more than cover that\u2026 twice.\u00a0Adding that total could\u00a0also more than\u00a0double the\u00a0average family retirement savings\u00a0in\u00a0the U.S. \u2013 about\u00a0$334,000.<\/p>\n

And if that money had been\u00a0invested\u00a0in\u00a0the stock market\u00a0instead,\u00a0your\u00a0tax\u00a0dollars\u00a0would have nearly tripled\u00a0in\u00a0value to\u00a0about $1.5\u00a0million, thanks to compound\u00a0interest\u00a0and\u00a0an\u00a0annual S&P 500 rate of return (minus\u00a0inflation) of 6.78%.<\/p>\n

TRUMP, TARIFFS, THE CR AND THE TAX CUTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Now, take\u00a0a\u00a0look\u00a0at how\u00a0your\u00a0tax\u00a0money\u00a0is<\/i>\u00a0being spent\u00a0instead.<\/p>\n

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),\u00a0at the direction of Elon Musk<\/a>, has exposed\u00a0and canceled\u00a0an estimated\u00a07,300 contracts\u00a0and\u00a09,300 grants\u00a0from the federal government, with\u00a0a\u00a0total estimated savings of\u00a0about\u00a0$140 billion\u00a0to\u00a0<\/i>date.<\/p>\n

As it happens,\u00a0some of those grants\u00a0and contracts\u00a0are\u00a0almost exactly equal to\u00a0your\u00a0lifetime\u00a0total of $524,000 \u2013 so we can see just\u00a0what\u00a0our\u00a0lifetime\u00a0of work is worth to Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

DOGE recently canceled\u00a0a\u00a0$523,000\u00a0grant for “small-scale\u00a0avocado farmers\u00a0in\u00a0Honduras” who “currently struggle to get their\u00a0avocados to market,”\u00a0and\u00a0another\u00a0$522,000 grant\u00a0to small-scale farmers\u00a0in\u00a0Ahuachapan, El Salvador to “increase\u00a0incomes\u00a0and promote sustainable\u00a0agriculture\u00a0and food security.”<\/p>\n

Another grant for\u00a0$509,000\u00a0would have funded online trainings\u00a0and exchanges\u00a0in\u00a010 Latin\u00a0American countries for “sports-based training programs using\u00a0f\u00fatbol callejero<\/i>\u00a0(street soccer) to strengthen leadership\u00a0among disadvantaged\u00a0youth.”\u00a0An\u00a0additional $509,000\u00a0was earmarked to “reduce lead exposure from occupational sources”\u00a0in\u00a0India. Not\u00a0Indiana \u2013 India.<\/p>\n

TRUMP’S ‘LIBERATION DAY’ IS NO CAUSE FOR PANIC. HERE ARE 5 REASONS WHY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A\u00a0terminated contract for $527,000\u00a0was\u00a0intended for “senior leadership teambuilding, coaching,\u00a0and travel with Communication\u00a0Institute\u00a0International” for the U.S. Department of\u00a0Agriculture, which\u00a0oversees the food stamp program.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how\u00a0your\u00a0lifetime\u00a0of honest, diligent\u00a0tax\u00a0paying is spent \u2013 on just one grant for one year of\u00a0a\u00a0project\u00a0you\u00a0likely\u00a0don\u2019t support.<\/p>\n

Think of\u00a0your\u00a0grandfather’s swollen knuckles\u00a0and cracked skin from\u00a0a\u00a0lifetime\u00a0of labor; the crooked back of\u00a0your\u00a0grandmother from shouldering the load.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0taxes\u00a0from their\u00a0lifetime\u00a0of calluses\u00a0are being callously spent\u00a0in\u00a0Washington without\u00a0a\u00a0second thought.<\/p>\n

And these\u00a0are only\u00a0a\u00a0few needles\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0gigantic haystack.\u00a0A\u00a0grand total of\u00a0624 grants\u00a0and 902 contracts\u00a0are valued between $400,000\u00a0and $600,000 \u2013 paid for by\u00a0your\u00a0lifetime\u00a0of hard work\u00a0and\u00a0publicly named\u00a0and shamed thanks to Elon Musk\u00a0and\u00a0DOGE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ultimately, that\u2019s the question\u00a0in\u00a0front of us\u00a0as the debate turns to extending the Trump\u00a0tax\u00a0cuts.<\/p>\n

Do\u00a0you\u00a0really believe that the federal government is spending\u00a0your\u00a0lifetime\u00a0of\u00a0taxes<\/a>\u00a0better than\u00a0you\u00a0can?<\/p>\n

And\u00a0do\u00a0you\u00a0still<\/i>\u00a0believe that, knowing that\u00a0your\u00a0lifetime\u00a0of\u00a0taxes\u00a0only\u00a0pays for\u00a0one\u00a0<\/i>year of\u00a0one\u00a0<\/i>grant for\u00a0a\u00a0program\u00a0halfway\u00a0around the world?<\/p>\n

The media\u00a0and the Democrats\u00a0are spinning\u00a0a\u00a0lie that the government knows better than\u00a0you\u00a0do\u00a0and that\u00a0you\u00a0shouldn\u2019t want\u00a0your\u00a0own money back<\/a> to\u00a0pay\u00a0for\u00a0your\u00a0housing costs,\u00a0your\u00a0kids,\u00a0your\u00a0investments, or\u00a0your\u00a0retirement.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0a\u00a0lifetime\u00a0of work,\u00a0you\u00a0deserve more.<\/p>\n

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With\u00a0tax\u00a0day\u00a0here, it\u2019s time to revisit\u00a0a\u00a0shocking study that revealed some unpleasant math for the\u00a0American\u00a0taxpayer. It\u00a0added up the total \u2013 all\u00a0in, with real\u00a0dollars \u2013 for how much average\u00a0Americans\u00a0pay\u00a0in\u00a0taxes\u00a0over\u00a0the course of their\u00a0lifetime. The<\/p>\n

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