That double taxation argument doesn't really hold up to me as much since the corporation and I are two separate entities. What does hold up to me on a gut level is that I paid taxes on my income when I made it, then invested it and am now paying taxes again on money that I had already earned.
No, you pay taxes on your gains - not the "money you already earned".
Unless you have a stupendously bad tax preparer, I suppose.
You do realize that you quoted the first half of what I said (admittedly could have been worded better) without the explanation in the second half, right? Yes, I realize I'm only paying tax on the increase in my money. However, as I explained, my increase in money at least in part only makes up for the decrease in the value of my money due to inflation. As I asked, would the government credit me anything from my overall income taxes for the lost value in my money due to inflation that they, in a large part, contribute to? Of course they would not. So why do they charge me when I make that money that I already earned earn have a little bit more value than it would have if it had just kept up with inflation? At the very least, why don't they only charge me only related to the amount I gain greater than the inflation itself?
The answer is, they do it because they can. So yes, I very firmly believe the government is double taxing me on my money because of this principle, but I've just resigned myself to not get upset over it.