Effective tax rates (graphic)

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[luckytxn 2,264]

Your graphic's suck big time.

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Your graphic's suck big time.

You can't see it?

btw source link is http://bit.ly/cLUrB8

[luckytxn 2,264]

Your links suck even worse.

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Your links suck even worse.

elaborate?

[luckytxn 2,264]

This webpage is not available.

The webpage at http://www.economist.com/node/17198511?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/dc/letsgetfiscal might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.

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try this..

http://www.economist.com/node/17198511

[luckytxn 2,264]

Graphic is now good but the link still sucks.

So why the Graphic? It is leaving out a lot of countries we could comment on and/or make fun of.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Wow....look at socialist France!

[mawilson 2,133]

Wow....look at socialist France!

Yep - lower income tax than the US.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I fear the Swiss tax rate is actually a lot higher than shown in this chart, once state and communal taxes are taken into account. As per latest statistics, total state spending is about 35% of Swiss BIP. It seems the chart is just taking the federal tax into account, which obviously paints a much too rosy picture - wish it were true!

I was going to say the same thing about the US. Some of the states, like California and New York, take significant chunks in taxes on 100K+ income. I also wonder if the chart takes the AMT rates into account as well.

[Ban Hammer 13,401]

Wow....look at socialist France!

makes ya wonder what their immigration policies are, eh?

[SMR 368]

Hmm, so we now have more government intervention than Russia. Good to know.

[Heracles 417]

Hmm, so we now have more government intervention than Russia. Good to know.

Russia went from one extreme fail to another.

This chart is a little disingenuous though, as most countries start significantly taxing people after ~$200K. They also have substantial federal GST/VAT on all good and services sold.

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Edited October 7, 2010 by Heracles