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Originally Posted by AJAXIED
The 60% is only on the top income bracket, few people actually pay that
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I assume from your username you are Dutch ??? I am happily aware how much the dutch take as I ran a company employing more than 1000 men per year in Holland alone (high turnover 450 at once).. The tax fiddles were enormous..
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70% That's horrendous! There oughta be a law against it!
I can see that the Euros are heavily taxed! At 70%, why bother getting out of bed in the morning! May as well go on the dole! But at least you have health care. That costs me a chunk out of pocket.
I don't mind paying my fair share. But what burns me is that the people at the top end are paying a lesser percentage than me (39% v. 54% on top end of income, but not on all of it. Counting everything I pay a little over 30% of gross income). And the people at the bottom pay little or nothing. If you are under a certain amount(10K or 20K, I'm not sure), then not only do you pay nothing, but the govt. sends you a check!).
The people at the bottom, pay nothing or get paid. The people at the top pay a lesser percentage. The people in the middle get screwed royally! What a system!
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Thats the problem, it encourages lazyness and the social payments in Holland are large enough to live quite comfortably (run a car, have a family, etc) without working.. Also so many people are claiming (false) sick benefits and just skimming the system that its a mockery..
Also to the point of the rich paying less.. the really rich pay nearly none.. Using offshore corporate blinds is so simple and cheap these days and you simply bill everything to an offshore company that they cannot find the beneficial owner.. That company 'employs' you and provides a small income for pocket money that you can show the taxman, it also owns your cars, houses, etc and provides them free as perks of your 'employment' and a gold card for 'expenses'.. Shift your assets offshore and they then cannot grab them (niether can divorces etc).. I have been doing this for years..