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In those countries the government pays for it, not the company. Somebody has to pay for it, you know. Do you have your own company? I'd like to see how much yo

• orbitingpluto 12y ago
  Perhaps you don't know that some employers in those God-forsaken socialist countries will offer a “top-up” benefit, which pays a portion of your regular salary in addition to normal maternity/paternity benefits. I don't understand why American-elite are so tax adverse, higher taxes could be used to support a more stable society, and consequently, protect their own wealth.
  • fleitz 12y ago
    They are adverse because your tax rate is to use a legal term: fucking insane. Did you know that before Obamacare / Bushcare, America spent more on medicaid as a percentage of GDP than Canada did for its entire healthcare system? Protip: Make your government more efficient, and stop spending more than every other nation on earth combined on arms. Or just watch the cross of iron speech from 60 years ago where Dwight 'bombs away' Einsenhower said your military spending was to use a political term: fucking insane.
• fleitz 12y ago
  Yes, I have my own company, I only have contractors right now, and yes I pay for it, in my taxes. Here's a better question since the 'government' is paying for it, what's your top corporate tax rate? IIRC it's 35%, mine is 19%.
  • x0x0 12y ago
    Not really. The effective corporate tax rate is 9%.