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I opened my last paycheck, the tax is 10% (Eastern Europe). There is some undeniable truth in this discussion: people with higher income pay for the people wit
by AdrianB1 6y ago
I opened my last paycheck, the tax is 10% (Eastern Europe).
There is some undeniable truth in this discussion: people with higher income pay for the people with lower income. 10% of 100,000€ is a lot more than 10% of 20,000€.
- dmingod666 6y agoBecause 20K is a smaller number than 100K. Taxes work with the basic assumption that people need some money to live, there is a humanitarian aspect to it if you see the govt positively or you can say, people in govt dont like thier head too far away from their bodies..
- emj 6y agoConsidering disposable income; 10% of 100,000€ is alot less, taxes are not noticable for me as a high income earner.
- kelnos 6y agoAnd so what? That's how a functioning society should work. I would much rather have 90k€ after health care taxes than 18k€; the higher earner is still coming out far ahead. It's not like the private insurance system is "equitable" either. I am very healthy and hardly ever need to see a doctor, but my insurance comes in at around $650/mo (mostly paid by my employer, but the money still has to come from somewhere). I definitely do not incur anywhere near $650/mo in health care costs of my own; I'm paying for care for people much sicker than I am, who incur health care costs higher than what they pay into insurance.