For those here with jobs, how many hours out of an 8 hour work day do you think you should be working to take care of everyone else in your country?

Personally I think 2-3 hours of an 8 hour day is reasonable and anything beyond that is excessive.

0. You are working to provide for yourself and your family.

Everything from gas taxes to sales taxes to sin taxes to property taxes "help others". Every dime taxed or taken via SSI/FICA is theft.

Charities exist. Use them. The government is not a charity. It takes the fruits of your labor at gunpoint, and if you resist, they will throw you in a cage or kill you to get what it takes.

Couching it as "helping others" is simply a lie.

Isn't most work doing something for other people? Or are you referring to what percentage of your salary should be taken from you?

percentage of income going towards taxes, not getting into the who's benefiting from your labour as that's another topic

I think a minimum of 25%. The amount that a child takes from the government until they are 18 is substantial. From education alone, you're looking at an annual 10k loan as an equivalent. Once you add things like first response infrastructure (equivalent would be insurance premiums) you'd quickly see that most people take far more than they'd ever put in.

25%

This is something that you should ask your conscience.

A measure of time or even a measure of money isn't an accurate measure to compensate for the suffering of another living being.

I remember spending hundreds of hours doing community service in college. Some of the hours did no good. Some of them made a huge difference.

The bible says to tithe 10%. So that seems to be a reasonable mathematical estimate. But there are other factors.

"Mosquitos work very hard in their goals, but are hated. Bees work hard, and are praised for the fruits of the labor"

Think of bees as workers and mosquitos as politicians.

What do you mean by the question? Technically doing any work is all is helping people so 8 I guess?

Practicing Charity good will and kindness should be a 24/7 thing

I see it more as Bees are workers, mosquitos are violent activists and politicians are leeches