reply to post by PokeyJoe
You don't have to believe anything, this is a forum, you can go back and read what you have written, and you wrote 80%. And a quick google search
shows that for 2008 the maximum tax rate is 40%, not the 60% you also claim:
www.frenchentree.com...
A couple of years ago it was 50%, but now it's been revised down in line with the UK maximum tax band:
www.taxationweb.co.uk...
And the maximum tax band in the US is 35%, so we're talking a 5% difference.
www.moneychimp.com...
And to stress, this is the maximum taxation, for those on higher wages as the top article table shows. If you look at the table the very poor aren't
taxed AT ALL. In the US however, even if you only earn $100 in an entire year, you owe $10 tax. So you're really exagerrating your points and
thinking based on myths and misperceptions. First you said it was 80%, then 60%, and the facts show the maximum it can be is 40%, 5% more than in the
US, and that France and other socialist countries tax the poor less, so you're really just talking rubbish and perpetuating a lie.
Also, you don't address my point. Is it okay for the rich in America to stay rich, and the poor to be poor, are you advocating an underclass? That we
should accept children growing up in poverty? Did you hear about the kid who died of a toothache?
www.washingtonpost.com...
Is this acceptable to you, you want to live in a society that thinks this is OK? My God, you want the world to believe you live in a country that
wants peace and freedom all around the world and is willing to invade countries to achieve this goal, but conversely there will be an underclass and
that people should suffer and die over a toothache?
All the US went through to abolish the segregation of blacks and whites in the 60's should now be undone, and we should separate the rich from the
poor?
[edit on 18-6-2008 by Alethia]
[edit on 18-6-2008 by Alethia]