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When and where did you grow up?

• necessity 11y ago
  Brazil in the 90's, before Plano Real. Welfare only really kicked in with Lula in 02. At first it was great, helped a lot of people in need. It began to spin out of control later though, together with gov. spending, credit incentives and inflation.
• Swizec 11y ago
  I come from Slovenia. We also have a progressive taxation rate with no cap. If I didn't run my income/expenses through a business entity, I would be paying 56% in taxes, mandatory pension, and state-mandated healthcare. I wonder why all the software engineers I know form sole proprietorships and get paid through those ...