50% is a very psychological number. It's half, and telling people that half of their time is spent on money that they literally let someone else spend for the s

50% is a very psychological number. It's half, and telling people that half of their time is spent on money that they literally let someone else spend for the social-good is not a good thing. Start getting into the 80%+ range, and the conversation should rightfully center around indentured servitude and slavery. One thing that I don't understand why were not discussing/suggesting: If we must have taxes, and we want to go above 40/50%, why not consider giving people more choice in where that money gets spent as a way to offset the "negative" feelings. I think a lot of people would be more okay with large percentage tax-values if they were in control of what that money was being spent on.