re: Here's the budget breakdown of a couple that make $500K and still feel average

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Is no one bothered by the amount of taxes they are paying?

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Well they need to quantify what makes up that number because it's clearly more than just federal which would be closer to ~22% (standard deduction) on that salary. Another 3.5% for FICA and assuming they live in CA it's roughly another ~4% bump. It's not good but it's still not 40%.

I think it's weird that they don't have any medical deductions.