Imagine two sodomites living in New York City’s Chelsea Neighborhood. Call them Ben and Phil. No, wait, Patrick and William. Well, whatever.
Having been exposed to too much testosterone in the womb (did you know that if your mother has gestated 11 boys before you that you have a 50% chance of being gay?), Patrick and William have extremely male brains. Going to extremes, they have also managed to get themselves successful careers in the nation’s economic capital, with each of them earning 200K per year. Let’s take a look at what their taxes look like.
Because they live in New York City, which is in New York State, and New York foolishly decided to join the Federal Government in 1788, they owe taxes on their income to three different jurisdictions. The Federal Brackets look like this:
| Tax Bracket (Single) | Tax Bracket (Couple) | Tax Bracket (Head of Household) | Marginal Tax Rate |
| $0+ | $0+ | $0+ | 10% |
| $8,700+ | $17,400+ | $12,400+ | 15% |
| $35,350+ | $70,700+ | $47,350+ | 25% |
| $85,650+ | $142,700+ | $122,300+ | 28% |
| $178,650+ | $217,450+ | $198,050+ | 33% |
| $388,350+ | $388,350+ | $388,350+ | 35% |
(Note that the website from which I took this doesn’t even use the word “married” for the middle bracket.) Assuming that Pat’n’Willie have about 25K in deductions each, that means they pay tax on 175K in income. Using the rates above, they each would pay 42460.50 in Federal Tax, for a total of 84921.
Their NY state brackets are as follows:
Married filing jointly and qualified widow(er):
Over $150,000 but not over $300,000 $9,041 plus 6.65% of excess over $150,000
Over $300,000 but not over $2,000,000 $19,016 plus 6.85% of excess over $300,000
Single, married filing separately, and estates and trusts:
Over $75,000 but not over $200,000 $4,521 plus 6.65% of excess over $75,000
Again, allowing 25K in deductions, they would pay tax as singles on 175K, or 11,171 each, for a total of 22,342 jointly.
Lastly, New York City has the following tax rates:
Married Individuals Filing Joint Returns:
Over $90,000 $3,071 plus 3.648% of excess over $90,000
Unmarried Individuals
Over $50,000 $1,706 plus 3.648% of excess over $50,000
So, Billy and Patty would pay $6266 each to New York City, or a total of 12,532.
Totaled up, our loving couple has paid $119,795 in income taxes as two single individuals. You might object that they can deduct their NY State and City income taxes from their Federal Taxes, but I will tell you that that will not happen, due to the wonders of the Alternative Minimum Tax. Ignoring Social Security, the governments they are ruled by allow them to keep about 280,000 of their 400,000 dollars to live on. That’s barely enough in Chelsea.
Now let’s see what happens to them if they file as married. They’ll pay 92,406.50 in Federal Tax on their $350K joint net income, plus 22,441 in state tax, plus 12,555.80 in city income tax. Their total tax burden as a married couple is thus 127403.30, an annual increase to them of 7609.30, EVERY YEAR, just for tying the knot. They really take it in the rear for that chance they each had to be the wedding planner.
So, if you really want to show society’s disapproval of sodomy, the choice is clear. Homosexuals, especially in couples where both work, must not only be ALLOWED to marry, they must be FORCED to marry. And the next time some Federal Representative complains to you about the attack on marriage, ask him what he’s done to get the government to stop penalizing it: this attack has been ongoing since the 60s.