• moody@lemmings.world
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    4 months ago

    Tax the rich and lower the retirement age that was just recently raised. Seems like a good plan to me.

    I’m curious why they chose €400k as the top bracket. Is that low or high for such a steep tax rate? I’m not rich enough to know anything about this.

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      4 months ago

      You have to remember in Western countries it’s usually progressive brackets. So they’re paying 90 percent on anything past 400,000. You never have a net loss to taxes just for making more money in such a system.

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      Just assuming but people earning 400k are still working but living from the interest. Also 400k and having a few children may result in a good, but rich life.

      I would also assume that their math pointed them there.

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      Lawyers and doctors can make that much, so they want to go just above that.

      And anything above that really is excessive.

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      I assume they chose €400k as the top bracket to make sure it never actually gets passed. Seems like political theater for votes and soundbites.