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Re:Employers will do almost anything to find workers except ... by morsma on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @09:41AM (#17506738)
You don't just count VAT, let's count everything: 150%-250% taxes on energy, ridiculous amount of fees and duties. As a Dane, we're probably the most taxed in the world and for a high earning software engineer it's approaching 75%.
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Re:Employers will do almost anything to find workers except ... by jhasse on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @09:49AM (#17506821)
The state enables a lot of stuff for you in return though, which we'd also have to count as a benefit if we "count everything". It's just infeasible to come up with a concrete number of how much they "take away" from your earned money.
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Re:Employers will do almost anything to find workers except ... by morsma on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @04:20PM (#17509992)
I have the same benefits in the US as in Denmark (more or less). In the US the government take 25% of my income in Denmark it was around 75%. Personally I don't think the extra 50% is worth it. The only ones better off in Denmark is the minimum wage earners.
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Re:Employers will do almost anything to find workers except ... by jhasse on Friday July 13, 2018 @08:53AM (#17522485)
I highly doubt it's that simple, sorry.
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