A
But that, uh, I guess that goes along with the general idea that the federal government had to, uh, was expending so much money on defense, uh, that, that the program now is a, uh, program now is, uh, fees that, that fund these things, I guess that's trickled down to the states and,
B
Uh-huh.
A
the states now establish, uh, don't have enough money so they, they must charge fees. Uh, I, I'm not too sure of that reasoning.
B
Yeah.
A
But I guess to get back to the main topic, I don't know whether I pay too much taxes. I, I, I travel extensively in Europe and see enormous, uh, people p, pay, uh, a great deal in taxes, they tell me when I sit and talk to people there they tell me they, they, some states they pay, uh, in Germany or in, in England in some cases people in my income level, at least, allege that they pay up to six-, fifty-five percent of their gross income in taxes.
B
Oh, oh, I can believe that.