How do you figure that? I make about that and paid over 3000 in federal income taxes. So assuming he’s single and childless too, using this cite it looks to me like he’s more than paying his share of the federal defense budget, which I calculate to be 1500 dollars per person for 2004. In fact he’s paying more than his share of the income tax revenues - which appear to be 2551 per capita.
And frankly, I’m personally annoyed at those who are scoffing at what he has to pay. Taxes really hurt at this bracket. All taxes combined I paid maybe 8000. Which (given I live in a high cost of living state - ma) is easily the bulk of what I have left over after paying for basic living expenses. This level of taxation means I can subsist, but it’s gets tricky to build savings, buy a house or invest in a retirement fund. So, though I’m not a libertarian, and he’d probably call me a socialist, I don’t blame the OP even a little bit for feeling robbed.