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essme

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3. Their highest marginal rate is just under 60%.

Reply to squirecam (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 13, 2020, 07:33 PM

Feb 2020

But that's the highest marginal rate.

The average for a single person per OECD is 35.8%; 31% for a couple with two children one earner.

The OECD Total Tax Wedge in Denmark for a single earner is about 35%; the US is about 30% and we get shit compared to them...call it a scoop of chocolate ice-cream if you want but it is still poop.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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this self-indulgence did no harm... handmade34 Feb 2020 #1

Denmark has an almost 60% tax rate squirecam Feb 2020 #2

Their highest marginal rate is just under 60%. essme Feb 2020 #3