[breadbox]

You are supported by the social systems that surround you. They aren't conjured out of thin air. But if you don't want to support them in turn, then you are hardly being forced to. Just move somewhere else. There are a lot of cities in this country.

[conanbatt]

As I mentioned in other posts, the city government is having half a billion extra cash every year for the past 5 years. The city has a lot of money to support and expand its infrastructure. 8% increase YoY in tax revenue sounds like they are not running into money problems.

[stmfreak]

There are a lot of so-called "needy" who are also supported by these social systems. Where are the calls to get them to pay their "fair" share?

[breadbox]

There are no "calls" for them to pay their fair share because for the most part they already are, in many cases well more than they can afford. Your comment also implicitly presumes that the wealthy were already paying their fair share, and this is some extra burden arbitrarily heaped upon them by an unkind majority.

[fleshBot]

How much, exactly, is "society's" fair share of someone else's money?

This is the problem. There is this assumption that taxes are used to care for the destitute. Absolutely, some amount of taxes do go to that end.

However, I've worked enough government contracts to know that the vast majority of that money goes to providing middle-class incomes for people in government who otherwise would not be making that sort of money because of a distinct lack of intelligence, competence, or diligence.