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Had a similar experience in the country everyone hates right now including the CT scan (US made machine). If they can do it with a 13% flat tax, where the actua
by cpursley 1y ago
Had a similar experience in the country everyone hates right now including the CT scan (US made machine). If they can do it with a 13% flat tax, where the actual hell is our tax money going?
- tqi 1y agoMostly to social security (21%), net interest (14%), and healthcare / insurance (27% combined): https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/#spending-categories:~:text=U.S.%20Government%20Spending%2C%20FYTD%202025 https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder...
- cpursley 1y agoSaid country has 23% going to pensions, so about the same. Yet still has free basic healthcare and higher education (if you test in).
- jjtheblunt 1y agowhat's the country everyone hates right now?
- dekhn 1y agoI asked google 'what country has a flat tax of 13%' and it said bolivia and russia. Guessing they meant russia.
- clipsy 1y ago> in the country everyone hates right now You’re going to have to narrow this down quite a bit.
- outcoldman 1y agoIf you are talking about Russia, the taxes are so hidden, paid by the corporations, and Gov is taking oil money https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_Russia, compare to Kuwait where people getting pensions from exporting oil. Not saying Russia is better or worse, just different ways of grabbing money from common folks, and making them feel better. It was always such a common thing, when Russians go to Europe on vacation - and find how clean and nice everything else is - they say "well we pay 13% of taxes, not 50%", which makes every Russian feel so much better.
- cpursley 1y agoHidden? There’s more than one way to skin a cat. Btw, the US produces more energy than Russia as a percentage of its economy. And some of those Arab oil monarchs have zero income tax.