Silicon Valley Slaves

I love it when leftists suffer at their own hand.

Female refugee workers who get raped (and don't report it because they love their politics more than themselves).

Liberal arts majors who go $150,000 in debt for a degree that is nothing more than leftist indoctrination and hatred for whites and males.

And white liberals who are stupid enough to breed white children into a world they created that is sure to hate their offspring.

It's not everyday the left is unshielded from the consequences of their actions, but it does happen.  And the Slave of Silicon Valley is another perfect example.

It's no secret young Silicon Valley executives vote democrat.  Apple's CEO's are by corporate by-law to vote democrat, you can find any one of a number of articles of tech-start up executives donating heavily to the democrat party, and matter of fact I couldn't find any Silicon Valley big wig endorsing a republican.  But the rank and file sheeple of Silicon Valley also vote overwhelmingly democrat.  A simple search of voting patterns and maps of California shows Santa Clara county consistently on the left, confirming everybody's on board the socialist A-train.

But at what cost?

The thing about Silicon Valley professionals, executives or not, is they're great at IT, but horrible at economics.  Because if they were they would realize just how little they're working for themselves, and how they're veritable slaves to others.

In 2013 the average Silicon Valley employee made $153,000.  This was of course three years ago and at the time was rapidly growing, so let's just err on the side of caution and say it's $175,000 today.  But, oh, foolish naive recent Stanford graduate.  You think that's a lot of money, don't you?  Now you get to pay for swallowing whole all the leftist BS you were fed in college.

First, the federal government is going to want its share.  That's 28% lopped right off the top for you privileged Silicon Slaves lucky enough to be making six figures.

But, wait, aren't you Silicon Slaves all young people?  That's right!  You get to pay for the old people who didn't save up for retirement AND voted to piss away any surpluses that would go to otherwise fund social security and medicare.  That's an additional 6.2% and .9% you get to pay for voting to be so charitable with other people's money.  Throw in another 1% just for good medicaid and other measures, and you're looking at a total federal take of 36.1%.

Second, please don't think it's just federal taxes you pay my fine Python programming friend!  Because since you and all the other Californians are just so much more enlightened than the rest of us troglodytes you voted in a socialist utopia of California!  And all that virtue-signalling and being charitable with other people's money also has costs!  Specially, a state income tax rate of 9.3%, which now brings up the government's take to 45.4%!  You good obedient liberal you!

But hold on our MIT graduating friend!  Third, you have local taxes! 

You see, state and local taxes are interesting.   They don't just have "income tax."  No, they have a whole potpourri of taxes you pay that make it impossible to measure.  Gas tax, fees, property taxes, you name it.  There's a tax in every corner!  But one of the larger local taxes which should account for at least a plurality of these local taxes you pay would be the state sales tax.  And look at that, it's another 9.08%.  Congratulations!  You're paying an tax rate of 54.48%!  Let's just call it 60% because I'm sure there's a couple minor taxes and fees you pay when you cross a bridge or use a paper bag.

So when we tally it all up, the average Silicon Slave forfeits 60% of his/her income to pay for state, federal, and local government services.  And I know you are all getting your money's worth over there in Silicon Valley.  Why the wide open roads, adequate transportation systems, the local of traffic jams, cheap cost of living, low tuition, affordable housing (well, for illegal aliens and welfare recipients anyway), adequately funded schools, and let's not forget that everything is so cheap out there in the Bay Area.  Why it is the epitome of socialist utopia!

BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE!

You see, if you're intellectually honest you'll study the federal, state and local budgets and realize that about 70% (give or take a couple percentage points) of the money you just paid into the system...

go to pay for other people's stuff.

Their food
Their health care
Their education
Their transportation
Their psychologist
Fake-make-work government jobs
Their tuition, and
Their housing

NOT YOURS!

You still get to pay for your own stuff, because, well, after all, you are a privileged Silicon Valley slave who didn't earn your position through 4 grueling years of studying IT and STEM.  It was just handed to you!  So what will that remaining $70,000 buy in Silicon Valley?

Well, I suppose you need a place to live.  Congratulations, with leftist "smart growth" policies, people's lemming mentality that "California" is the place to move, and your insistence that "you can't spend too much on education," property taxes and demand has driven rents to $2,500/month on average for just a one bedroom apartment.  Lop off $30,000 of your remaining $70,000!  And I suppose you need a car...but one that will impress your co-workers so you can keep up with the virtue-signaling rat race...hmmm, a Prius with financing should set you back about $8,000 a year in financing and maintenance costs.  And, oh, that's right, pretty much EVERYTHING is twice the cost of what it normally is in Troglodyte country, so after groceries, energy, gas, and all the basic necessities in life, you're lucky if you have disposable income of around $10,000 in effective purchasing power.

Here's the deal.  Because of all the minute and many taxes, not to mention every person is different, it's impossible to calculate to the penny just what disposable income will be, let alone what percent of the time you're literally being a slave for other people.  However, we do know, at minimum with 60% of your money being taxed and 70% of government money going to other people, you are literally a slave for 42% of your working hours.  You then have the secondary effect of leftist taxation and regulation at the state and local levels, and your $70,000 in after tax income, is really more like $35,000 when adjusted for purchasing power and cost of living adjustments.

When you add this up, I have a simple question for you:

Is it worth it?

I don't mean the money.  I know suffering Bay area traffic, taxation, and people is DEFINITELY not worth take home pay of $35,000 a year. And lord knows you Silicon Sheeple are working 60+ hours per week.  There's no way in hell THAT comes anywhere near equitable.

I'm talking about voting left all the time and by your own hand turning yourselves into slaves.  Because I don't get it.  You're some of the few students of today who actually majored in something worthwhile, yet you lack such self-respect you'll endure traffic, poor standards of living, a hellish work week, AND a 42% enslavement rate.  Was the leftist indoctrination in school so thorough?  Do you really feel guilty earning a (somewhat) decent salary after busting your ass off for 4 years in STEM or IT?  Do you think you have an obligation to bail people out of their mistakes?  And PLEASE don't tell me you suffer and endure things like "diversity training" or "sexual harassment training" at work.  Because that would make it all that much richer.

Regardless, for those of us outside of the echo chamber, it sure is fun watching you lefties vote for your own enslavement and demise.  Oh, and before you think your Silicon Valley overlords are just as magnanimous, charitable, and virtuous as you, think again.  The only ones getting duped are you Silicon Slaves.