Based on findings of New York Times business journalists Tara Siegel Bernard and Ron Lieber, being gay in America comes with a hefty price tag.
In a worst-case scenario, being gay can cost a same-sex couple up to $467,562 over a lifetime. In a “best-case” scenario, that figure goes down to $41,196. Such items as Social Security, health benefits, income taxes, and even the costs of not being able to biologically have children were considered in the study.
The funny thing is, most of these expenditures could be completely eliminated if we just legalized same-sex marriage. But we haven’t, and the “liberals” representing gays and lesbians keep peddling this “civil union” horseshit that won’t do jack for a lot of these unnecessary (and I’d even say unconstitutional) expenses. The conservatives whine relentlessly about being excessively taxed by the government. Well here’s a tax – the Gay Tax. Anywhere from $41K to $467K, just because you’re gay.
Welcome to the United States of fucking America.
The blogger, Kristofer Paul, can be reached at bottomleftpolitics@yahoo.com.
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