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Does the Bern stand a chance?
- Thread starter rts265
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Not a lie. Income and payroll taxes are roughly 30% of my income. That’s take home pay with no tax return, or being slightly off give or take at the end of the year. Many Western European nations are close to or even over 50% tax rate.
Do the math, retard.
Playing devil's advocate here. If Euros are so overtaxed, how do they still afford to travel to the US (not exactly a cheap destination) and other places for weeks on end? Oh I might add they also get 6+ weeks vacation and have much more substantial parental leave (Iran gets more than the US)?
There’s probably a survivors bias at work there. We probably get the more well off, just like we get visitors from India or South Africa. I bet you would find that most are from a handful of countries.
Plus, advantageous currency exchange.
I hear you but it's a substantial population. Agreed you are not getting the sheep-f*ckers (they probably just go on cruises just like ours). A lot are backpackers but also a lot of families. I don't know the demographics but I'd swear places like Yosemite have more Euro families (agreed, predominantly Western Europe) than Americans, especially on the trails that require a little bit of fitness.
Most don't seem rich, just average middle class.
Don’t get me wrong. There are plenty who are doing just fine. They also have a culture that values traveling more than buying toys. Even when I was poor, I still found a way to travel.
There’s always a way.
I think this hits the nail on the head. Even overtaxed, they seem to have a lot more discretionary income.
Whether you're paying the $1000/month to an insurance company or in extra taxes doesn't alter the sum that you're paying between taxes and health care coverage.
Unless you're not carrying health care coverage at all.
Unless you're not carrying health care coverage at all.
That might depend on what the rest of their lifestyle is like and their other patterns of consumer spending. The average 2-income household in the US will have a couple cars, an apartment or home of xx square feet, and so on. So what levels of income does it take to sustain that lifestyle in these other countries?
Good question and I'm betting they don't buy a new iPhone every year.
We have a huge spending, materialism, and personal debt issue in this country - makes sense the government reflects the populace.
dems promise that we’ll turn into Europe when they know this will never happen
We will never have the entire month of August off or predominantly unfat women
we will just get higher taxes that they will waste on hiring do nothing clerks who are their base
We will never have the entire month of August off or predominantly unfat women
we will just get higher taxes that they will waste on hiring do nothing clerks who are their base
I found this graphic for average home sizes in the U.S. and other countries. There's probably some distortion because this was as of 2009, whereas I would guess the U.S. average is probably down in size since then. But still.....
Home sizes in the U.S., Canada and Australia are way larger than in Europe.
If you would like us to regard your opinion, you will need to refrain from platitudes, that on their face, we know are untrue.
Donnie's tax reform was far in favor of the rich against the poor illegals.
If you don't believe me, a quick Google search will dissuade you of your Fox News propaganda