"I'm all for effective use of taxes, but your effective tax rate calculation seems way off." I apologize for already going beyond the bounds of politeness, as

"I'm all for effective use of taxes, but your effective tax rate calculation seems way off." I apologize for already going beyond the bounds of politeness, as far as discussing finances go - so forgive me for not going into further details ... but my calculation is about right on. "And if that's the case you are still taking home nearly $300,000 per year." That, on the other hand, bothers me greatly - this idea that at some level of income, the proportions stop mattering. The idea that, if one makes X income, it doesn't matter if that was 30 or 50 or 70% of what we made ... "It ought to be enough for you".