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Re: New Product Announcement - 10152
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Thu, 27 May 2004 18:49:14 GMT
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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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  Re: New Product Announcement - 10152
 
(...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: New Product Announcement - 10152
 
(...) 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. (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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