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Originally posted by Meadint
It doesn't make any sence to compare tax rates like that. Sure we pay a lot of taxes i Denmark, but that's because (almost) all social security is funded through taxes. Thus we do not have to pay any additional money for healt insurance, education, social assistance etc. 80% of unemployment insurance is funded through taxes, child care is partly funded through taxes, retirement pensions is partly funded through taxes and I could go on.
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I agree, and the intention was not to compare whether or not it's fair.
The idea was to see how the raw numbers was - and see how different the world really is.
I like the welfare system we have in Denmark - and would not trade it for three cars instead of one.
Let's get more numbers on the table - are here someone from Asia or Russia?