Tessie’s birthday is today; she’s 5.
Using current ‘Tax Freedom Day’ calculations, Tessie can expect to spend the first 20 years* of her working life as a slave to a ‘just’ society.
20 years.
Social welfare is a huge burden on our freedom and our children’s future. In Tessie’s case it means 20 years of indentured servitude.
20 years of her future stolen from her.
*41% of 45 years of 5 day work weeks = 18.75 work week years, rounded to 20 to account a bit for earning more at the end of her life than the beginning