The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar

Re:The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar by PenguinCoder on Monday July 11, 2022 @05:56PM (#32062518)

You single and don't have a personal vehicle? I'm Married, and have kids, in a lower COL area. I paid ~9% federal income tax, ~7% state income tax, ~1% of that in property tax, without attributing for healthcare insurance every paycheck, and uncounted more in sales tax, gas tax, etc etc. I have spent ~90% of my take home income trying to barely survive in the last year.

Being able to save 50% of your income is a level of privilege many don't have regardless of effective tax rates.

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Re:The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar by mgraczyk on Monday July 11, 2022 @06:47PM (#32063147)

totally agree, but it sounds like you're paying way less in taxes than you would be paying in Europe.

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Re:The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar by PenguinCoder on Thursday July 21, 2022 @07:58PM (#32186803)

Took the time to add it all up. Between federal,state,city income tax, sales tax, property tax, excise taxes, healthcare (which European taxes pay for already) premiums; I pay 53% of my income in some form of taxes. I'm not sure if that's less taxes than in Europe, but I'm pretty sure they don't pay 50%+ of their pay towards tax.

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Re:The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar by mgraczyk on Thursday July 21, 2022 @08:10PM (#32186899)

Incredible. I wonder what you're doing differently. My rate is around 30% and I live in San Francisco and pay ~9% to the state. Like most of my 150,000 coworkers, I pay ~0% out of pocket for healthcare. Maybe that's the main difference?

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