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Re:Open Insulin Foundation by sk0g on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:45AM (#27856161)
Don't see a single country [0] where that's true, and that's for average wages, which tends to be higher than the median wage. Mind you, the first infographic includes employer taxes as well, which should be left out of the discussion.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_in_Europe

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Re:Open Insulin Foundation by ric2b on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:14PM (#27888770)
I live in Portugal and 40 to 50% on the middle-class is actually low-balling it by ignoring things like VAT, social security, the employers side of income tax and a bunch of other taxes.
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Re:Open Insulin Foundation by project2501a on Friday July 16, 2021 @11:53AM (#27857589)
you guys are great at refuting those people with facts. Keep at it!
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