Why is it that people in the developing world pay very high taxes?
436754
Is New Jersey a developing world cause the taxes are outrageous here!
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It is a kind of "reverse tax" for people that make under $35K and have kids.  It can be for people without kids, but you have to be very poor.  There are many restrictions, and it is not all people, so be careful not to wrongfully claim it, as it is the largest source of tax fraud and the IRS does seek and prosecute violaters.
767132
The more people work, the more money is made. The more money is made, the more taxes are paid. The more taxes are paid, the more the people in charge of the country make even more money.\n\nAND these same leaders drive down the same roads as we do, buy the same products we do. So if everything is going great, even THEY enjoy a better life.\n\nWhy cannot places like Cuba, North Korea, MOST OF AFRICA, figure this one out?
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I think obviously millions of people are,but if we dont pay this way then we would end up paying around 30% income tax.\nwhich would you prefer?
411528
rich countries get richer and poor nations get abused and used
407271
It is alarming how misinformed most people are about the Federal income tax and all other state and local taxes.  The "Rich" pay in excess of 80% of federal individual income taxes.  The "Rich" pay close to 40 cents of every dollar they earn in Federal and State income taxes.  If you want to talk "fair," how fair is it for someone to work hard in school and then life and then fork over almost half of what they make to someone else.  The "Rich" also pay more than the majority of all local property taxes.  The "Poor" are eligible for the EITC which gives them back more money than they pay in federal income taxes.  Most "poor" people really resent the "wealthy" not the "rich."  If a "Rich" person stops working, she will no longer be "Rich" and will be eligible for the same EITC that "Poor" people receive.  The "Wealthy" never have to work another day in their lives and if smart, never pay the taxes that the "Rich" do.  I blame the misinformation mostly on CPAs like myself who don't do a very good job at telling our complaining clients to shut up and try working a little smarter.
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No-One anywhere is truly free, we all have to work to earn money to pay taxes, even those of us that live in a democratic country are  not truly free because all major decisions are made by those in power, we may be able to vote who gets the control of our country but they will decide what happens to it.
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Many legals from vietnam and other Asian countries got a 5 year free ride on taxes.\n\nIllegals don't pay taxes because they get paid under the table.
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apart from being an actual chain of 3 islands in the western Carribbean which I'm guessing you don't mean the islands associated with tax fruad and money laundering. As a tax haven it was possible to avoid paying tax on incomes or paying less if they were chanelled through banks in the Caymans. This lead to a lot of criminal activity, drug trafficking etc going on which the government partly turned a blind eye to. That was in the 60s-90s think its cleaned up a lot since though but don't really know. hope thats a help
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i'm with you man, plus they do pay taxes when they buy stuff. \nin my opinion it's just wrong to tell people they have to stay in a situation that they themslves feel is hurting them. you can't help where you are born, but you can do what ever it takes to improve your own life, and the lives of those you love. i think people don't ever try and put themselves in their shoes, to imagine what it would be like to be a poor sugar cane farmer looking for a better life, and being denied a any legal chance to change things.  of coarse we have to have rules and procedure, but we should be more leanient and compassionate to the situations of all the worlds people.
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With people at the higher tax bracket they get taxed 40% in our country anyway.  Once you add VAT, Fuel Tax, Council Tax, and  all the other taxes, you above 50% already.  Some may hit over 50% tax even if in the lower tax bracket...\n\nAnd whats happens... People pay.
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Hell! They barely pay any taxes now. It's right at 15%, while everybody else pays close to 30%. With the standard deductions that's what it all works out to be. Average people don't qualify for those deductions for a reason, and the reason is you pay most of the taxes.
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There is so much poverty because not enough people are willing to help others. Just a little from anyone could be so much to the other. \nThe people that pay the most consequences are surely the poor, because they suffer the reminisces of poor judgments from the ones that are responsible of making things better.
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Consumers in developed countries have more disposable income and so the demand for services is higher, developing countries have low capitol and labour costs and so are attractive for manufacturing companies. I believe these are the main reasons, but there is a lot more to your question than meets the eye.
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I think this country has gone over the edge as far as helping others.  My tax dollars go to pay for other peoples education and when I need money there is none for me.  I knew someone who got flown in from a different country to have heart surgery completely free of charge.  Would anyone in this country who works and pays takes get that for free ?? Hell no.  My own grandmother got money from the govt for being old.  She had never worked a day in this country.  I think those things are wrong.  The people who live here and pay taxes dont get as much as people from other countries do.
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Yes, of course!! Because, many are married in Mexico and also have families here getting benefits; health care food stamps and subsided housing etc.  \nHow can anyone illegal, legals or citizens making low wages send money anywhere?? Do the math. They also "do not pay" taxes most don't make enough to pay taxes also many are paid under the table.  \n That is why we are selling out our country to foreign companies and countries we are going broke. With all the social and other problems and not enough taxes becauses wages aren't high enough to pay them to keep our econony going.\nAs long has we keep letting in poor, uneducated people legally and illegal it will only get worse Sad but true.\nThink about it!
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Poor workers still take more from the system, education, health, etc. then their taxes put in, even if they pay income taxes.  The middle class pays most of the benefits through taxes.  That is why all countries limit how many people without economic resources can come in, regardless of how hard they work.  The problem is that the employers aren't held accountable for those costs as they should be.\n\nImmigrants need to stand in line and come in legally.  The reason the line is so long is because our middle class so highly subsidizes services for the poor. We can't pay for the poor of the entire world.\n\nAnd if our people are so lazy, how did we come up with the sort of economy they are so desperate to join?  We pay them, don't we? And we work hard for that money.\n\nThey really tick off people who might be sympathetic when they steal our services, ruin the education for our kids that we, not they, pay for, then say we are lazy.