I assure you that a married couple making 600k a year has plenty of money.
Also, the government stealing half of your money is a ridiculous over-exaggeration. This year my MFJ household income will be around $950,000. My effective tax rate is nowhere near 50%.
You are exactly the type of person I thought would come to try to "educate" me on effective tax rates.
You pay a lot more to the government than your "effective tax rate".
Sales taxes, car registrations, property taxes (which may be a chunk of your rent), tariffs baked into prices everywhere you look, utility pricing, and a lot more. Self-employment taxes, which self-employed folks just pass onto you in the form of higher prices for plumbing, electrical, and any other contractor work. The government deliberately spreads it all over the place to dupe people like you into thinking you are paying "nowhere near 50%" but you're actually paying a lot more.
Also, the government stealing half of your money is a ridiculous over-exaggeration. This year my MFJ household income will be around $950,000. My effective tax rate is nowhere near 50%.