I work, I’m not on government assistance.

I don’t pay income taxes. Why? I don’t like owing the government money. Though I am married, I choose to have my employer withhold at the higher single rate to pretty much ensure I never have to pay up come tax time. Yes, I am in a lower bracket which helps but if I started making more money I would have no problem paying a reasonable share of that to the Government. I’m not one of these people that believes I should have an absolute right to every single penny I make.

I never get a massive tax refund, but what little I do get is always helpful.

But here’s the thing, I may not pay income taxes but I do PAY TAXES.

I pay property taxes and school taxes and road taxes and sales taxes and gas taxes. There’s no loopholes to get out of these. They must be paid.

And it is for that reason I will never consider myself a freeloader.