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Re:Pooling and Sharing of wealth make everyone's wealth grow... by anonzzzies on Saturday September 02, 2023 @04:41AM (#37359593)
Not sure why you get downvoted; most taxes are scales and the highest is around 50%. That doesn't mean you pay 50%. Or even close to it.
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Re:Pooling and Sharing of wealth make everyone's wealth grow... by victorbjorklund on Saturday September 02, 2023 @04:48AM (#37359632)
In sweden we also have social insurance fee (which is a tax according to all def even if it is called a fee) and VAT. 50% is just one of many taxes. You should count all the taxes an individual pays.
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Re:Pooling and Sharing of wealth make everyone's wealth grow... by vidarh on Saturday September 02, 2023 @05:34AM (#37359918)
The average earner pays <25% combined in tax + social insurance fee according to OECD Taxing Wages.
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Re:Pooling and Sharing of wealth make everyone's wealth grow... by anonzzzies on Saturday September 02, 2023 @04:51AM (#37359657)
So then you would need, in other countries, count all the unemployment insurance, pension, school premiums and healthcare insurance also towards their tax. Then yes.

When people outside more socialist countries say they pay far less tax, they never include any of this, so I don’t either.

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Re:Pooling and Sharing of wealth make everyone's wealth grow... by ekianjo on Saturday September 02, 2023 @05:10AM (#37359772)
Even if they included them they would pay far less in total. Truth hurts.
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