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Add ~20% VAT to this. Add the fuel tax. Then add corruption and incopetence when spending government money. All those taxes does not let lower middle class to
by EastSmith 8y ago
Add ~20% VAT to this. Add the fuel tax.
Then add corruption and incopetence when spending government money.
All those taxes does not let lower middle class to move up. I see this all around me. There are exceptions of course, but the end result is that by simply working your whole life you are going to be forever in the lower middle class. Because of taxes.
- cjblomqvist 8y agoAnd yet we have the Nordics with the highest tax pressure in the world (has been for a while) which do better than most. Like Hans Rowling said, if you want the American dream (with max class mobility), you should go to Denmark. But hey! Why not throw around some more claims without some proper sources/references.