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And of that 50% are grabbed by the taxman.

• yitchelle 8y ago
  But the service you get from German government is so much better, healthcare is a good example here.
  • chopin 8y ago
    That's paid on top of tax. Otherwise, I agree.
    • grigjd3 8y ago
      The 50% that most people note includes healthcare, or at least it did from 2009 to 2011.
    • hef19898 8y ago
      Still does include healthcare as the other response stated (I'm not able to directly reply).
  • singularity2001 8y ago
    Self employed consultants are pushed into private healthcare, which will ruin you when you retire (you have to keep paying >>$1000 per month until you die).
• lovich 8y ago
  The tax rate in the US gets pretty close to 50% when all the municipalities take their cut. If you're in Silicon Valley, most devs are going to be paying a 41%-44% tax rate just from federal and California income tax. Then you've got any local taxes, land taxes, etc that add onto that