I'm not sure what you mean by "assuming overhead".
In both '93 and '98 the referendum failed to pass based upon the perception that it would cost too much. So, yeah, you and I are on the same page. The people fear the taxes.
As for AMT, let's just say it's a blessing and a curse--you are blessed that you earn a good living; and you are cursed that you aren't in the same league as a Rockefeller. I learned long ago that if you earn it, you pay it...because the alternative isn't pretty. And at least it beats the UK--my counterparts in the UK always had whopping tax bills and made less than I for the same sales. So....as Dr. Wayne Dyer says, 'if you change the way you look at things, what you look at changes.'
Sherry
