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66% of Americans say they want extended European-style vacation policies at work

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137 points pg_1234 | 1 comments | 26 Aug 23 08:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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speedgoose ◴[26 Aug 23 09:54 UTC] No.37271204[source]▶
I’m concerned about the 21% who don’t want a better quality of life. What’s going on with them?
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0xDEF ◴[26 Aug 23 10:02 UTC] No.37271271[source]▶
If Americans want the same quality of life as we have here in Denmark they should tax the top 20% more so it doesn't surprise me that the top 20% come out against things like higher taxes and more worker rights.

I'm probably among the top 5% here in Denmark and I'm fine with paying high taxes.

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memefrog ◴[26 Aug 23 10:21 UTC] No.37271414[source]▶
You can't tax your way to wealth. Taxing the rich more won't make the quality of life of the average person better. The rich already pay the OVERWHELMING majority of tax.
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speedgoose ◴[26 Aug 23 11:48 UTC] No.37271915[source]▶
The rich wouldn’t be rich without poorer people. Also I’m a bit dubious about your statement, it goes against what I can quickly search for but I would gladly be proven wrong.
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memefrog ◴[26 Aug 23 22:06 UTC] No.37277337[source]▶
"High-Income Taxpayers Paid the Majority of Federal Income Taxes. In 2020, the bottom half of taxpayers earned 10.2 percent of total AGI and paid 2.3 percent of all federal individual income taxes. The top 1 percent earned 22.2 percent of total AGI and paid 42.3 percent of all federal income taxes."

https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/federal/summary-latest-fe...

In New Zealand, about 12% of individuals pay about 50% of personal income tax, and the top 3% pay about a quarter. That doesn't take into account the amount they are taxed indirectly through GST or through company tax on companies they own shares in.

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speedgoose ◴[27 Aug 23 07:18 UTC] No.37280205[source]▶
But income tax is not all taxes at all.
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memefrog ◴[27 Aug 23 07:36 UTC] No.37280298[source]▶
Income tax is by far the largest and most significant tax, and I gave examples of other taxes in which the rich pay far more.

Do you really think the poor pay the most company tax?

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1. speedgoose ◴[27 Aug 23 08:19 UTC] No.37280555[source]▶
Alright. I’m not very aware of the taxes in USA. In France VAT and company taxes are more important.

Rich people don’t pay company taxes either. Companies pay companies taxes.

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