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   by akg1 15y ago

   > US having the highest percentage of population incarcerated of any first world country. We have the highest incarceration rate, full stop. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcerat...
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   by akg1 15y ago

   How can this be "regularly" happening? Wouldn't farmers stop selling to walmart if this happened even once? And if they "committed" to buying all the output, why weren't there repercussions from breaking that commitment?
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   by akg1 15y ago

   The tax rates vary from 10% up to 35%, as you go up the income scale [2]. So, there are your progressive taxes. Income taxes vary from 10-35%. Payroll taxes vary from ~14% down to infinitesimal as you go up the income scale, they are n