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In lugnet.lego, Rob Hendrix wrote:
> > 2. TAXES
>
> And all this doesn't take into account other taxes Americans pay yearly.
> * personal property tax
> * vehicle tax
> * sin tax (cigs, alcohol, and other "non-necessary things)
> * gasoline tax (30-40 cents per gallon?)
> * Medicaire (not a tax)
> * Social Security (not a tax)
> * Federal Income Tax (don't get me started!!!)
> * State Income Tax
>
> Health care options and prices in America suck in my opinion.
> Social Security benifits may not be around when I reach age 65 (or older).
> Federal income tax was a "temporary" supplimental way to fund WW2.
> Apparently the US goverment forgot that that war has been over for 60 years.
>
> Do other countries have such a large number of required things they must
> pay?
I'd encourage this subthread to migrate away from the current groups and into
off-topic.debate if it goes too much further into comparative analysis of
countries... I XFUT there already.
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > And all this doesn't take into account other taxes Americans pay yearly.
> > * personal property tax
> > * vehicle tax
> > * sin tax (cigs, alcohol, and other "non-necessary things)
> > * gasoline tax (30-40 cents per gallon?)
> > * Medicaire (not a tax)
> > * Social Security (not a tax)
> > * Federal Income Tax (don't get me started!!!)
> > * State Income Tax
> > Do other countries have such a large number of required things they must
> > pay?
Builtin taxes: gasoline, other fuels, alcohol, cigarettes (at least). I
think about 90% of gasoline price is various taxes.
health security (in fact a tax)
social security (in fact a tax)
tax from immobilities (is it 'personal property tax'?)
income tax, progressive from 15% to 40%
I work till July only for our _damned_ socialistic goverment.
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Jindroush <jindroush@nospam.seznam.nospam.cz>
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> > > Do other countries have such a large number of required things they must
> > > pay?
Yup, the UK's pretty bad too - VAT at 17.5% on most goods (included in the
price though), the fuel tax is incredibly high (about 86%) plus you have to pay
road tax just to have your vehicle on the road. Alcohol and Tobacco taxes are
high as well (Tobacco being a lot higher - but hey, it's to pay for the national
health service (well, 10% of it does... Dunno where the other 90% goes.)) .
Then there's national insurance (about 11%), which covers the National Health
Service, State Pension and Unemployment Benefit.
And finally income tax, which ranges from 10-40%, although most people will
be paying 22%.
Steve
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