Re:Ask HN: Leaving Germany – where to find quality of life a...
by jobegrabber on Monday July 25, 2022 @06:49PM
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Sound's like it's quite a lot to live on if you have enough cash on hand to travel only "mostly" on PEP.
>That's the point. They are NOT!
Your private pension might not be - but with Health Care, business expenses and certain type of insurances there's more than "virtually no deductible costs" though.
There's a lot of stuff that seems unfair, I agree. I'm not here to debate that you pay more into the system as others and don't get more benefits from it - but the picture you're painting of a 70 % overall tax rate and "not a lot to live on" strikes me as a bit too grim.
>That's the point. They are NOT!
Your private pension might not be - but with Health Care, business expenses and certain type of insurances there's more than "virtually no deductible costs" though.
There's a lot of stuff that seems unfair, I agree. I'm not here to debate that you pay more into the system as others and don't get more benefits from it - but the picture you're painting of a 70 % overall tax rate and "not a lot to live on" strikes me as a bit too grim.