By the way, if you think you pay taxes in the USA, you don't know the tax hell in Europe.
In practically all countries you pay more than 20% to buy anything, plus another 20% that they take from your salary. If you have a high salary, more than 100k euros the state already takes more than 50% of your salary. Add to this taxes on everything.
As a general rule, European states collect more than 50% of their GDP in taxes.
These are the consequences of not having guns.
That's complete bull shit.
Yes there are!
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My effective income tax rate in the US is around 33-34%.
This does not include Medicare and Social Security Tax.
I then pay a 7% state sales tax on every purchase.
I pay around 10,000 USD in property tax.
There are loads of other taxes for the county: trash, water, etc.
Capital gains and other investment tax.
In the end, I would estimate around 50% of my family’s earnings to go some form of tax.
It really is insane what we put up with. Slowly being boiled alive like the good little froggoes we are. All taxation is theft
When you mix that awareness with the fact that we have one of the most progressive income taxes in the world, it really becomes mind-bending.
Governments cannot produce, they can only consume. It's really sad we work for anywhere between 3-6 months a year for free, depending on our income and other tax obligations.
Modern day slavery is what it is. Sold to us as freedom.
Tax is all about control. Covid, lockdowns, masks, mandates, covid passports, and the ultimate...CBDC's all about control.
It’s soul crushing. I’m working now. While my family is at home without me. I worked last weekend too. This isn’t worth it.
Fuck them where it hurts the most, use bitcoin and scam the state as much as you can.
This is why we Bitcoin. We Bitcoin for a better life free from a money that is constantly debased. The normal person cannot out run the printing machine
I quit in hospital call last month. 25 years of call. Waiting for them to force me to go back du lack of hospitalist ressources, in 🇨🇦, it can get weird
Correct!
This checks out with some of the research I've been doing. Here are a few sources for any doubters out there:
https://taxfoundation.org/top-personal-income-tax-rates-europe-2022/
The wiki page lists both top and bottom rates (most income taxes are progessive) *and* lists the VAT. Belgium's highest rate is 79.5% right now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_rates
Following you, and sent a zap.
And another thing 😖
They just launder our tax money on sick proxy wars in Ukrane sending it to puppet actors like Zelenski who washes it back via shitcoin casino's like FTX
I'm not sure this is a consequence of not having guns. Historically, Napoleon armed a peasant army and forced a nationalism in response by the other powers. As opposed to continuing the anarchic system of nobility and family sovereignty. This is the end result of that nationalist Europe which in a large part was possible due to industrially produced cheap guns of the Napoleonic era. Nationalism needs money to provide services, is all.
This is a result of a difference in culture, not the gun culture but of individualism vs nationalism.
Europe never had an individually focused period. Europeans who sought that kind of thing went to America. Europe went from family blood and Tribe to Nation while America had it's period of conquering the West, relying on rugged individuals to cut the wild and build the infrastructure for basic habitation.
Guns are not for everyone but individualism and self-sovereignty, especially with Bitcoin, nonviolently, is for everyone.
Come to switzerland mate⚡️🤙🏻😉
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I have a shit ton of guns but still have to pay taxes.
Czech republic income tax 15%, but we also pay 9% + 4.5 healthcare “insurence” (in reality its more tax than insurence, it devided to two numebers, because gov hide 9% so we see it on payroll as “payd by employer”. Next is social insurence 6.5% (this is clearly tax with another name.)
For buy anything we have VAT in 3 categories:
10% medical drugs, watter, beer (but only if you drink it from glass in pub!), food for children.
15% funeral services, food, some houses, beer in some forms
21% everythink else
For beer, you can use this cheat sheet (sorry for czech, dont have it in english 🤣 I think it is still valid)
WTF that sounds like hell 😧
