How much of your income do you pay in taxes?

Here's a breakdown of just a few of the taxes that people in California pay:

Federal income tax: 35%
Sales tax in northern California: 8.25%
CA State income tax: 9.3%
FICA (social security): 6.2%
E-FICA: 6.2% (paid by your employer on your behalf)
Medicare: 1.45%

Total = 66.4% (60.2% not including E-FICA)
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That doesn't include property taxes (direct or indirect through your landlord), DMV fees, CPUC taxes on phone charges, electricity/utility taxes or embedded taxes like those on fuel, so the effective rate is even higher.

Throw some inflation into the mix, and you start to get a sense of how much the government is really taking from us.