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In the US states also don't levy corporate tax on people from out of state.
Irrelevant. US corporations are taxed at the federal level regardless of which state they're in and regardless of if the profits were earned outside the US. European countries don't do that. That's why Ingvar Kamprad ran IKEA out of a different European country than Sweden. It actually would be more fair if European countries taxed corporations on worldwide income like the US does, but they don't.
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What exactly do you mean by "share"?
Example: Those who earn 1% of a country's total income pay 1% of the national/federal tax.
Yes. More is spent in the US on means-tested public assistance than on national defense. National defense has a Constitutional mandate. Means-tested public assistance programs do not, and, in fact the legislation of such is NOT an enumerated power of the US Congress. Constitutionally, they shouldn't even exist. As such, fund them via voluntary donations, only.
Here's where we separate, never again to come together.
Why on Earth do we need to "fight" individuals being thrifty, ambitious, hard working and successful?
Why must success be punished?
Why? Because people who seek to redistribute wealth, want to be benevolent with others' money rather than their own, proclaim, "It's not FAIR!" even though they've done NOTHING to earn, save and invest like people with wealth have.
They all demand an EASY button. One which relieves them of their lack of ability, effort and risk yet grants them the same rewards as people with those attributes.
Yes. More is spent in the US on means-tested public assistance than on national defense. National defense has a Constitutional mandate. Means-tested public assistance programs do not, and, in fact the legislation of such is NOT an enumerated power of the US Congress. Constitutionally, they shouldn't even exist. As such, fund them via voluntary donations, only.
I said that total military spending exceeds 1 trillion, that was a correct statement. Your original and follow up figures were wrong. The end.
Irrelevant. US corporations are taxed at the federal level regardless of which state they're in and regardless of if the profits were earned outside the US. European countries don't do that. That's why Ingvar Kamprad ran IKEA out of a different European country than Sweden. It actually would be more fair if European countries taxed corporations on worldwide income like the US does, but they don't.
Example: Those who earn 1% of a country's total income pay 1% of the national/federal tax.
At least he is dead now. Apart from his anti-social tax behavior, he also was associated with the Nazis. And luckily his tax behavior is not the rule here in Europe. The EU is actually investigating those practices and Ikea could have a rude awakening.
That's the problem. Judging from your definition of share it doesn't have anything to do with progressive vs regressive.
Why? Because people who seek to redistribute wealth, want to be benevolent with others' money rather than their own, proclaim, "It's not FAIR!" even though they've done NOTHING to earn, save and invest like people with wealth have.
They all demand an EASY button. One which relieves them of their lack of ability, effort and risk yet grants them the same rewards as people with those attributes.
So none of the people who support progressive taxation or more robust social safety nets have any wealth of their own? They are all "takers" who look to pilfer from the truck driving Rush Limbaugh fan who read "Rich Dad Poor dad" and now thinks they are Andrew Carnegie from the tone of their rhetoric?
So none of the people who support progressive taxation or more robust social safety nets have any wealth of their own?
If they did, they'd be able to voluntarily fund the means-tested public assistance programs. Make them funded via voluntary donations and we'll see if society actually values them, as some allege.
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