I owe US$114,035 merely due to the country wherein I live.
Every baby born today in the USA owes US$114,035 at birth. Their parents owe US$114,035 each in addition of other debts. Their neighbors owe US$114,035 each in addition to other debts.
US$39,000,000,000,000+ is owed by one of the two wealthiest country in the world.
To put that in perspective, it would cost the USA about US$7,800,000,000,000 to completely switch to renewable energy--- the entire infrastructure, including transportation and energy production. That means Tends of thousands of human lives saved every year, many millions of health issues resolved, tens of billions of dollars saved in medical expenses, and electricity at about 5 cents per kilowatt hour. And we would still have US$31,200,000,000,000 left over.
US$31,200,000,000,000 can buy 9,454,545,454,545 Chicken Cantina Tacos, which is 27,645 for every USA citizen including newborn infants.
If every USA citizen ate six Chicken Cantina Tacos a day, every citizen would have enough to eat for 12.6 years.
My country has a fascist dictator who bragged about paying no income tax because he is just too smart and clever to have to pay. He was proud about not paying income tax.
Tesla USA paid no income tax to the USA for fiscal year 2025: it shifted all of its profit into other-shores subsidiaries, even though it used and uses USA infrastructure, goods, and services to gather that profit that the rest of us paid for. If you are a USA citizen, then you gave to Tesla part of your income even if you did not buy anything related to Tesla.
A few of the largest petroleum corporations in the USA pay negative taxes: they get more in subsidies and other "benefits" than they pay in taxes. The average tax rate they pay is 12%. When including all federal, state, and local taxes, the average American family pays about 29% of their income in taxation.
Posted May 6, 2026, 11:22 PM UTC