Finns pay up to 57% income taxes and a 25% VAT. They also don’t waste that money on a bloated military.
From my personal experience, Finland supports people with disabilities much better, in part because the entire system is better. There’s public transportation everywhere here for one thing.
I can also go back to university here because it’s free.
That’s not possible for someone with disabilities in the USA.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“up to 57%” is like saying American billionaires “can pay over 20%”.
Unless you’re extremely wealthy here you won’t get anywhere near that 57%.
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 21 hours ago
You don’t need to be Elon-wealthy to get those percentages. Over 500 000€/year salary gives you nice 50% tax bracket. You absolutely are not poor if your taxes are that high, but you don’t need to be CEO of Google either.
Lumisal@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Oh, my bad, only a half million a year gets you into that tax bracket. My bad, you’re right, that is such a low amount.
It’s terrible that after that amount you get taxed on what you made over, rather than the whole thing.
AA5B@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Why not? Universities are also required to be ada compliant. It’s not retroactive, so older infrastructure is always an issue, but modern facilities should be fully accessible.
If you mean disabled should go for free, why? Some disabled are advantaged and some not. My state is one of those offering free public university based on economic need, a much better choice.
But yes, it’s by state, and most do not