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Originally Posted by JMan
We're taxed over 40% on our income so please stop with the "You guys get free health care". Damn that makes me laugh.
But I got to agree, must suck having Bush as a leader  |
I'm not sure what the overall tax system is like up there, but here in the top brackets you pay 35% income tax, plus social security and medicare tax (15.3% if you're self employed), plus property tax if you own property, state income tax, and sales tax.
That AND we have to pay outrageous prices for health care.
Having said all that, I still wouldn't want to live anywhere but the U.S., but I wish our leaders would get out of the pockets of the HMO's and give us an affordable and efficient health care system where everyone is covered.