13 Sep 2014, 6:20 pm
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Danes I've talked to hate it. That's why they moved to the U.S.!
I found this article about young people leaving Denmark because of the high taxes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/busin ... .html?_r=0
The article is from 2007, however, it says "The problem, employers and economists believe, has a lot to do with the 63 percent marginal tax rate paid by top earners in Denmark ? a level that hits anyone making more than 360,000 Danish kroner, or about $70,000".
63% rate for people making a mere $70,000. OMG!
It is sad that this Danish software engineer had to move to Germany to escape the taxes, and now he says his kids won't learn to speak Danish, so he is abandoning his homeland. On the flip side, I am sure the very poor are flooding into Denmark to get on the welfare gravy train.
And on top of the 63% rate, the country has huge debts that it probably never intends to repay.
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16 Sep 2014, 1:27 pm
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I like knowing that most residences where I live pay $5,000 - $15,000 per year in property taxes. This means that the residents will care about the city. Also, property taxes separate people by income class, so the middle class does not have to live among the poor class.
Is this last bit supposed to be a good thing? Sounds like stuck up B.S to me, but never have been a fan of income divide, class division or anything that bases peoples worth on how much money/assets they happen to have. Poor people never care about their cities
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16 Sep 2014, 3:55 pm
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LoveNotHate wrote:
I like knowing that most residences where I live pay $5,000 - $15,000 per year in property taxes. This means that the residents will care about the city. Also, property taxes separate people by income class, so the middle class does not have to live among the poor class.
Is this last bit supposed to be a good thing? Sounds like stuck up B.S to me, but never have been a fan of income divide, class division or anything that bases peoples worth on how much money/assets they happen to have. Poor people never care about their cities
I am in absolute agreement with you. Division, whether it's based on social/economic class, race, or any other reason invariably reinforces inescapable second class standing for the disadvantaged class.
16 Sep 2014, 4:08 pm
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LoveNotHate wrote:
I like knowing that most residences where I live pay $5,000 - $15,000 per year in property taxes. This means that the residents will care about the city. Also, property taxes separate people by income class, so the middle class does not have to live among the poor class.
Is this last bit supposed to be a good thing? Sounds like stuck up B.S to me, but never have been a fan of income divide, class division or anything that bases peoples worth on how much money/assets they happen to have. Poor people never care about their cities
Yes, it is a good thing. Home prices and property taxes keep poorer people out of neighborhoods that they cannot afford. Also, I never said poor people never care about their city. Some do , and some don't. High home prices / high property taxes ensure that the resident will likely be someone who does.
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I am in absolute agreement with you. Division, whether it's based on social/economic class, race, or any other reason invariably reinforces inescapable second class standing for the disadvantaged class.
Assume someone just got out of prison for murder after 25 years, how do propose to make the person equal to say a lawyer who has been saving / investing money for 25 years ? They should have the same home, and live in the same neighborhood ?
What if a "meth addict" spend all his money on "meth", how do you propose to make him equal ?
What if someone spent his life savings on gambling (stock market day trader or in a casino) , how do you propose to make him equal ?
What if someone was mentally ill and could not work, how do you propose to make him equal ?
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16 Sep 2014, 4:27 pm
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Sweetleaf wrote:
LoveNotHate wrote:
I like knowing that most residences where I live pay $5,000 - $15,000 per year in property taxes. This means that the residents will care about the city. Also, property taxes separate people by income class, so the middle class does not have to live among the poor class.
Is this last bit supposed to be a good thing? Sounds like stuck up B.S to me, but never have been a fan of income divide, class division or anything that bases peoples worth on how much money/assets they happen to have. Poor people never care about their cities
Yes, it is a good thing. Home prices and property taxes keep poorer people out of neighborhoods that they cannot afford. Also, I never said poor people never care about their city. Some do , and some don't. High home prices / high property taxes ensure that the resident will likely be someone who does.
Kraichgauer wrote:
I am in absolute agreement with you. Division, whether it's based on social/economic class, race, or any other reason invariably reinforces inescapable second class standing for the disadvantaged class.
Assume someone just got out of prison for murder after 25 years, how do propose to make the person equal to say a lawyer who has been saving / investing money for 25 years ? They should have the same home, and live in the same neighborhood ?
What if a "meth addict" spend all his money on "meth", how do you propose to make him equal ?
What if someone spent his life savings on gambling (stock market day trader or in a casino) , how do you propose to make him equal ?
What if someone was mentally ill and could not work, how do you propose to make him equal ?
That ex con, as well as the meth addict, the degenerate gambler, and the mentally ill person are equal to that lawyer in the eyes of the law and in the voting booth. Racial segregation when practiced had demonstrated how the out group lost all those rights, despite the fact that such rights were written in the constitution and all the law books. Such class division makes one group socially and politically inferior to another, and that is completely anathema to the American ideal.
By the way, there are also wealthy and middle class people who are mentally ill, had spent time in prison, and have gambling or substance abuse problems, but have been held up by family or other support groups. Are these people to be cast into a lower caste?
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17 Sep 2014, 2:09 am
LoveNotHate wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
LoveNotHate wrote:
I like knowing that most residences where I live pay $5,000 - $15,000 per year in property taxes. This means that the residents will care about the city. Also, property taxes separate people by income class, so the middle class does not have to live among the poor class.
Is this last bit supposed to be a good thing? Sounds like stuck up B.S to me, but never have been a fan of income divide, class division or anything that bases peoples worth on how much money/assets they happen to have. Poor people never care about their cities
Yes, it is a good thing. Home prices and property taxes keep poorer people out of neighborhoods that they cannot afford. Also, I never said poor people never care about their city. Some do , and some don't. High home prices / high property taxes ensure that the resident will likely be someone who does.
Kraichgauer wrote:
I am in absolute agreement with you. Division, whether it's based on social/economic class, race, or any other reason invariably reinforces inescapable second class standing for the disadvantaged class.
Assume someone just got out of prison for murder after 25 years, how do propose to make the person equal to say a lawyer who has been saving / investing money for 25 years ? They should have the same home, and live in the same neighborhood ?
What if a "meth addict" spend all his money on "meth", how do you propose to make him equal ?
What if someone spent his life savings on gambling (stock market day trader or in a casino) , how do you propose to make him equal ?
What if someone was mentally ill and could not work, how do you propose to make him equal ?
You can see it as a good thing all you want but I see nothing good coming from keeping people divided on the basis of income and class division, since it just promotes conflict among the population.
Also equal is a very vauge term for the way you are using it....
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