At these rates I could only afford to rent tp. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Daniel Seigler <[email protected]>wrote:
> see, nothing wrong with Value Added Taxes and Socialism...nothing at > all...except you will never EVER own anything again. > > ------------------------------ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Fw: Current European tax rates: > > > > > > > *Want more info go to;** ** > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_of_Europe* > > > > > > > *Current European tax rates: > * > *United Kingdom* > Income Tax: 50% > VAT: 17.5% TOTAL: *67.5% > * > *France* > Income Tax: 40% > VAT: 19.6% TOTAL: 59.6% > > *Greece* > Income Tax: 40% > VAT: 25% TOTAL: 65% > > *Spain* > Income Tax: 45% > VAT: 16% TOTAL: 61% > > *Portugal * > Income Tax: 42% > VAT: 20% TOTAL: 62% > > *Sweden* > Income Tax: 55% > VAT: 25% TOTAL: 80% > > *Norway* > Income Tax: 54.3% > VAT: 25% TOTAL: 79.3% > > *Netherlands* > Income Tax: 52% > VAT: 19% TOTAL: 71% > > *Denmark* > Income Tax: 58% > VAT: 25% TOTAL: 83% > > *Finland * > Income Tax: 53% > VAT: 22% TOTAL: 75% > > *If you've started to wonder what the real costs of socialism are going > to be, once the full program in these United States hits your wallet, take a > look at the table. As you digest these mind-boggling figures, keep in mind > that in spite of these astronomical tax rates, these countries are still not > financing their social welfare programs exclusively from tax revenues! They > are deeply mired in public debt of gargantuan proportions. Greece has > reached the point where its debt is so huge it is in imminent danger of > defaulting. That is the reason the European economic community has > intervened to bail them out. If you're following the financial news, you > know Spain and Portugal are right behind Greece .* > > * > **The United States is now heading right down the same path. The VAT tax > in the table is the national sales tax that Europeans pay. Stay tuned > because that is exactly what you can expect to see the administration > proposing after the fall elections. The initial percentage in the United > States isn't going to be anywhere near the outrageous numbers you now see in > Europe . Guess what, the current outrageous numbers in Europe didn't start > out as outrageous either. They started out as minisculeright around the 1% > or 2% where they will start out in the United States . Magically however, > they ran up over the years to where they are now. Expect the same thing > here.* > > * > **It is the notion that with hard work and perseverance, anybody can get > ahead economically here. Do you think that can ever happen with tax rates > between 60% and 80%? Think again. With the government taking that > percentage of your money, your life will be exactly like life in Europe . > You will never be able to buy a home. You will never buy a car. You will > never send your children to college. Lets not shuffle the battle cry of the > socialists under the rug either. Its always the same cry. Equalize > income. Spread the wealth to the poor (whoever they are). Level the > economic playing field. Accomplish that and everything will be rosy.* > > * > **Its time to take a really hard look at reality. Greece is a perfect > example. Despite the socialism system that has ruled this country for > decades, with a 65% tax rate, they are drowning in public debt, would have > defaulted without hundreds of billions in bailout money, and still. .. 20% > of their population lives in poverty. What has all that socialism money > bought, besides ultimate power for the politicians running the show? Do you > think these people are "free"? They're not. They are slaves to their > economic "system."* > > *This is where we are going unless we throw the present Congress and > Obama out.* > > *Instead of spreading the wealth around, spread this around. It might > wake some people up.* > > > > > > IN GOD WE TRUST > > > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
