Originally Posted by woj

In case you were interested in how much it's in the US:

According to: http://www.calcxml.com/calculators/f...tax-calculator

Gross income $80,000
Qualified plan contributions - $0
Adjusted gross income = $80,000
Standard/Itemized deductions - $6,100
Personal exemptions - $7,800
Taxable income = $66,100
Tax liability before credits $12,454
Child tax credits - $0
Estimated tax liability = $12,454

that's 15.6%

and according to: http://www.parmentier.de/steuer/incometax.htm
tax for 60k Euro is about 30%

so not only are you paying DOUBLE tax on your income, when you spend it you pay DOUBLE sales tax as well...

not sure about you, but to me paying 15% and having at least extra $10k per year to spend on anything I want including healthcare is better than paying 30% and getting "free" healthcare....