tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post4662973516103944655..comments2023-06-27T03:48:28.039-05:00Comments on of mule dung and ash: Not That I'll Ever Have to Worry About itMule Breathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586696064321854554noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-16623051202286795522009-03-09T19:53:00.000-05:002009-03-09T19:53:00.000-05:00I used to work with a medic, who thought that the ...I used to work with a medic, who thought that the tax rate applied to everything he made. He would refuse more than minimal overtime. I took all of the overtime I could get for two reasons. <BR/><BR/>I could use the money.<BR/><BR/>He wasn't any better at being a medic, than he was at tax planning.<BR/><BR/>When it comes to fuel prices, you should include all of the subsidies that come from our Rogue Medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598646309630074992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-81434949375210370442009-03-05T18:00:00.000-06:002009-03-05T18:00:00.000-06:00Or, in other words, roughly a quarter of ours.I lo...Or, in other words, roughly a quarter of ours.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to coming home. I'll think of every dollar I pay in tax as helping to rebuild my home - not prop up the Queeen and her tax-sink gubmentMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730143528740977761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-70473988518616422762009-03-05T15:16:00.000-06:002009-03-05T15:16:00.000-06:00More than a few of my former colleagues from the r...More than a few of my former colleagues from the remote work I have done were once U.K. residents moved but to Spain or Portugal to evade the taxation, so I was aware of the excessively high income taxes. It was the added taxes of which I was unaware. Thanks for the explanation.<BR/><BR/>U.S. fuel prices are much lower than almost all of the rest of the world, but that is relative if you were Mule Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586696064321854554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-66573260675141370472009-03-05T07:16:00.000-06:002009-03-05T07:16:00.000-06:00Mule, including income tax, NI contributions (invo...Mule, including income tax, NI contributions (involuntary) and suchlike, I'm paying about 37% tax, earning an average £30,000 a year. T'other half makes a bit more than that, and she gets hit for damn near 50%. So... er... yeah, really. Throw in 15% retail taxes (VAT) on most goods, plus very silly energy costs (when you guys were complaining about $4/Gal for petrol, we were paying about $Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730143528740977761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-55899337047091078102009-03-04T16:48:00.000-06:002009-03-04T16:48:00.000-06:00Mark, is the U.S. rate so much less than the U.K. ...Mark, is the U.S. rate so much less than the U.K. once all various taxes are considered? Average 28% Federal income tax with added state assessments ranging from 2% to 10% (Rhode Island), real property taxes, retail sales and use taxes, franchise and inventory taxes on businesses (which individuals pay for in higher prices), inheritance taxes, fuel tax, hotel bed taxes, etc. We pay a good bit of Mule Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586696064321854554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-2406586722814429082009-03-04T12:20:00.000-06:002009-03-04T12:20:00.000-06:00Somehow a huge number of folks have a total discon...Somehow a huge number of folks have a total disconnect between paying taxes and reality. These people seem to think that all public services come full born from the good fairy at no cost whatever to themselves - or they think public services come from something that should be paid for by others. They seldom think of what life would be without public services.<BR/><BR/>Yes, there are a bunch of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-3932659499568367452009-03-04T06:08:00.000-06:002009-03-04T06:08:00.000-06:00Having lived most of my life in the UK, I dream of...Having lived most of my life in the UK, I <I>dream</I> of paying taxes as low as Obama's intended ones. Sure, I'd love to pay lower ones, but hell and little apples where else can you bootstrap from zilch to making over a quarter-million a year in the first place?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730143528740977761noreply@blogger.com