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In lugnet.lego, Rob Hendrix wrote:
> > 2. TAXES
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> 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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| (...) 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'?) (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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