tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post6443336745595496512..comments2023-10-20T10:22:39.636-04:00Comments on Workingclass Conservative: Is America’s Corporate Tax Rate Really Higher Than Sweden’s...and France’s???JMKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post-76663003000233357152008-10-30T21:26:00.000-04:002008-10-30T21:26:00.000-04:00Don't forget about the EU's VAT. There has been so...Don't forget about the EU's VAT. There has been some discussion about a VAT in the U.S. Even though it is referred to as a value added tax, it is really a consumption tax. Just the thing Obama would love. It taxes those evil rich people who can afford to buy things while people who don't buy stuff gets a pass. Just imagine what such a tax would do the consumer driven economy in the U.S.Uncle Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09293279488416490215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post-43070363310594049102008-10-28T08:15:00.000-04:002008-10-28T08:15:00.000-04:00P.S. I'm sorry that you're living through all that...P.S. I'm sorry that you're living through all that right now.<BR/><BR/>I have the feeling that the U.S. may be moving inexorably in that direction.JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post-33277871745088077742008-10-28T08:14:00.000-04:002008-10-28T08:14:00.000-04:00That's one of those things you have to live in ord...That's one of those things you have to live in order to understand Pela.<BR/><BR/>I didn't know about any of those fees.<BR/><BR/>I have begun comparing the Misery Indexes (the unemployment rate added to the inflation rate) for different countries around the world.<BR/><BR/>I've heard some people in Scandanavia claim that Sweden's actual unemployment rate is actually really 17% not the 6.1% that was the official tally for 2007.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to use the official numbers for comparison for now, but it's information like yours that puts things into a clearer perspective.JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post-68543285856577769362008-10-28T05:34:00.000-04:002008-10-28T05:34:00.000-04:00I'm on deep water here. But I believe that the Swe...I'm on deep water here. But I believe that the Swedish corporate tax numbers omitts "the work giving fee- arbetsgivaravgift".<BR/><BR/>In all essentials, it's a tax. But by calling it a "fee"- the socialist opposition can point on the numbers and say that corporate taxes are relatively low.<BR/><BR/>They actually argues that those fees are workers salaries. And when the center-right wanted to lower the fees (which would make it affordable to hire more people), the socialists accused them for "wanting to lower workers salaries".<BR/><BR/>Well- I have never seen a single coin of those fees. And they consists of 32,28% of my raw salary.<BR/><BR/>In all essences it would mean that the more people you hire and the more money the workers earn- the higher the corporate tax is for a company.pela68https://www.blogger.com/profile/08241346921827761471noreply@blogger.com