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Admittedly my knowledge of Swiss politics is lacking, but I have to imagine that among the cantons there is still much more unity and less ideological distance
by kn0where 6y ago
Admittedly my knowledge of Swiss politics is lacking, but I have to imagine that among the cantons there is still much more unity and less ideological distance than there is between, say, California and Texas.
- bhupy 6y agoNot necessarily — to give you an example of the variation, the marginal income tax rate in the Canton of Vaud is 26%, while the marginal income tax rate in Zug is 10%[1]. The Federal marginal tax rate is 9%. That means that if you earn 500,000 CHF and live in Zug, your net top marginal tax rate would be approximately 19%, while in Vaud it would be approx 34%. A 78% difference. This is a level of variation that surpasses even the US. While Texas doesn't have an income tax, the net marginal tax rate for a Texan is 37%, while the net marginal tax rate for a Californian is 50.3%, or a more modest 36%, and that's the most extreme in our Union. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Switzerland#Income_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Switzerland#Income...