The richest 1% in the Netherlands pay relatively less tax than everyone else and their incomes have risen more sharply, according to new calculations by the government’s macro-economic forecasting agency CPB. Earlier research, based on figures from 2016, showed that people on the highest incomes pay less tax and the new figures, based on the period 2011 to 2019, paint a similar picture. The very richest, or 0.01% of the population, paid a tax rate of some 28%, well below the 40% paid by people with average incomes...
I didn’t realize the only two options were ‘only the U.S.’ or ‘every country in the world.’
Now… try to follow me… why do you think there are so many more billionaires in a country where they pay almost no taxes than one where they pay 28% taxes? Do you think the fact that there are exponentially more billionaires living in the U.S. than there are in the Netherlands and the fact that those billionaires pay almost no taxes might be related to the fact that there are billionaires in the Netherlands who pay over a quarter of their income in taxes, even if the average Dutch citizen pays more?
But sure, that comparison has nothing to do with the subject at hand and is just shitting on the U.S. for absolutely no reason. I’m sorry I offended your sense of patriotism. God bless America and all it stands for.
I didn’t realize the only two options were ‘only the U.S.’ or ‘every country in the world.’
Not that it is limited to this third option, but it should be very clear that there was at least one additional option: talking about Netherlands. You know, the country the article is about. But that would take actually critically thinking for a second.
Now, just because you blindly hate America and can’t, for a second, talk about another country without shitting on America too, that doesn’t mean I’m blindly patriotic. Again, the world’s not black and white. I understand that this is hard for you to grasp.
I was, in fact, talking about both The Netherlands and the U.S.
So why on earth were you so confused that you thought “the only two options were ‘only the U.S.’ or ‘every country in the world.’” Neither of these two options includes the Netherlands.
Maybe this is why you seem to be the only one confused about what I’m talking about.
No one is confused about what you are talking about: we all know you can’t talk about the bad in any country (at least in the EU) without at least shitting on the US too. It’s just a lot of other people are just like you.
So why on earth were you so confused that you thought “the only two options were ‘only the U.S.’ or ‘every country in the world.’” Neither of these two options includes the Netherlands.
Your question makes no sense. I was talking about two countries. Therefore, it was a geopolitical issue.
No one is confused about what you are talking about: we all know you can’t talk about the bad in any country (at least in the EU) without at least shitting on the US too.
Then that should be easy for you to prove. Please do so. Unless it was a lie. Was it a lie?
Which is the country that by far has the most billionaires?
Go ahead and look it up, I’ll wait.
The US. You said it’s a worldwide issue. The US is the world now?
Actually, I said it was a geopolitical issue. Do keep up.
Geopolitical issues only involve the US? Your pedantry makes no difference here.
I didn’t realize the only two options were ‘only the U.S.’ or ‘every country in the world.’
Now… try to follow me… why do you think there are so many more billionaires in a country where they pay almost no taxes than one where they pay 28% taxes? Do you think the fact that there are exponentially more billionaires living in the U.S. than there are in the Netherlands and the fact that those billionaires pay almost no taxes might be related to the fact that there are billionaires in the Netherlands who pay over a quarter of their income in taxes, even if the average Dutch citizen pays more?
But sure, that comparison has nothing to do with the subject at hand and is just shitting on the U.S. for absolutely no reason. I’m sorry I offended your sense of patriotism. God bless America and all it stands for.
Not that it is limited to this third option, but it should be very clear that there was at least one additional option: talking about Netherlands. You know, the country the article is about. But that would take actually critically thinking for a second.
Now, just because you blindly hate America and can’t, for a second, talk about another country without shitting on America too, that doesn’t mean I’m blindly patriotic. Again, the world’s not black and white. I understand that this is hard for you to grasp.
I was, in fact, talking about both The Netherlands and the U.S., which I just explained to you and you apparently didn’t read.
Maybe this is why you seem to be the only one confused about what I’m talking about.
So why on earth were you so confused that you thought “the only two options were ‘only the U.S.’ or ‘every country in the world.’” Neither of these two options includes the Netherlands.
No one is confused about what you are talking about: we all know you can’t talk about the bad in any country (at least in the EU) without at least shitting on the US too. It’s just a lot of other people are just like you.
Your question makes no sense. I was talking about two countries. Therefore, it was a geopolitical issue.
Then that should be easy for you to prove. Please do so. Unless it was a lie. Was it a lie?
Too much Taco Bell I’m assuming
Since they currently can’t seem to tell the difference between one country and two countries, I’m thinking more like tequila.