If you could keep 90% of all your salary, as opposed to whatever taxes

[Deicide]

you have to pay now, meaning you pay a 10% flat tax, would you be more motivated to work?

I know I sure would.

Discuss....

[The Grim Lifter]

Go to Hong Kong

[Firemuscle]

you have to pay now, meaning you pay a 10% flat tax, would you be more motivated to work?

I know I sure would.

Discuss....

 Yeah taxes in the US really suck. Very complicated and fucked up tax sytem.

 You can move to states with no income tax though. Different states have different taxes which is cool.

[Deicide]

Go to Hong Kong

I could, have visited but no desire to live there; what's your answer? Yes or no?

[The Grim Lifter]

I could, have visited but no desire to live there; what's your answer? Yes or no?

Of course cause it's lower. It would be fair if it wasn't for the government wasting money.

Welfare payments are complete bullshit. You are paying for people not to work. Can you blame people for not looking for work.

[Dr Dutch]

There's some Arab state, forgot which one, where people pay zero % taxes. Still I prefer to stay in Holland, where the taxes are among the highest in the world.
And the answer to the question is: probably not.

[Deicide]

Of course cause it's lower. It would be fair if it wasn't for the government wasting money.

Welfare payments are complete bullshit. You are paying for people not to work. Can you blame people for not looking for work.

Or paying for wars that are pointless and suck up money better saved.

[Deicide]

There's some Arab state, forgot which one, where people pay zero % taxes. Still I prefer to stay in Holland, where the taxes are among the highest in the world.
And the answer to the question is: probably not.

I like Holland a lot but the tax rate....how much on average, 50%? or thereabouts?

[The True Adonis]

you have to pay now, meaning you pay a 10% flat tax, would you be more motivated to work?

I know I sure would.

Discuss....

What are you trying to accomplish and what do you want to buy?  Once you answer that, you can determine where you need to be to fit your needs/wants.

[Deicide]

What are you trying to accomplish and what do you want to buy?  Once you answer that, you can determine where you need to be to fit your needs/wants.

It's a general question, not a specific one.

[The True Adonis]

It's a general question, not a specific one.

Its a general question in order to address your specific needs/wants.

Your problem is and always has been, you do not know exactly what you want.  Seriously, what kind of lifestyle do you want to buy?

[spude]

this is in finnish, but anyway it shows the effective combined average income tax rate in usa is 24,30% whereas in finland it's 37,20%...the highest rate, 42,60%, is in italy and lowest, 13,00% in russia....in russia everyone also pays same percentage of his income into taxes, whereas in finland the progression of taxation is one of steepest in the world.

last column shows the the income level after which one is supposed to pay the highest marginal tax, in finland it's 66400€, around 99000$. in usa similar level is way higher, 268600€, approx. 400000$. in switzerland, on the other hand, you need to earn almost 800000$ a year to belong into the highest tax category...

Edit:

tanska...denmark
ruotsi...sweden
suomi...finland
norja....norway
italia...italy
saksa...germany
ranska...france
iso-britannia...uk
sveitsi...switzerland
intia...india
yhdysvallat...usa
kiina...china
venäjä...russia

[Deicide]

What are you trying to accomplish and what do you want to buy?  Once you answer that, you can determine where you need to be to fit your needs/wants.

I want to be an immortal vampire.

[The True Adonis]

I want to be an immortal vampire.

You can be that anywhere for free.