eakenn
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Re: Taxes- How much are you willing to pay. said by caco:Denmark- 38-59% + VAT 25% Finland- 10-48% + VAT 22% Netherlands- 0-52% + VAT 19% Sweden- 0-56% + VAT 6-25% USA- 0-35% NO VAT Last time I checked my taxes are as follows:
Federal 23% income tax + 15.3% payroll taxes (e.g. SS, FICA)
GA Income Tax: 6%
Total percentage of taxes taken from my wages: 44.3%
Sales tax for my locale: 6% (state is 4%, county is 2%)
My county charges tax on food: 2% (yes, milk, bread, etc)
I'm no liberal, but i'm no neo-con either. I'm in the middle of the road like a lot of Americans. I have no problems paying my fair share of taxes, but I want to see a positive result from paying those taxes.
The only thing I believe I get out of my taxes is pretty much nothing. Yeah, my community has police, fire & rescue and paramedic services. Great! What I don't see is an investment is in decent public transportation and better roads, I would like clean streets, too. Cops and fire fighters getting paid what they're worth instead of getting shafted would be nice. Affordable health care would be awesome - instead I get a crap HMO from my employer and have to pay out the arse for it ~ I guess I could technically call that a "tax", too.
So, less money that I see in my paycheck because I have to pay for the bulk of my healthcare because the employer *cough* is too cheap to help pay for it. Oh, I forgot, the CEO, COO, etc, etc has to have their $100,000+ bonuses for a job well done. screw you slave, err I mean employee.
I don't think the government should subsidize broadband, but I do think they should have some say as far as the lack of competition in most areas of the US. Cable & telco are not competition, this is a duopoly. I'm mainly referring to metro areas (e.g. Atlanta) where the infrastructure is there and the ROI is higher.
Edit: see URLs:
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_···he_world
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_In···_Act_tax
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT |
