萬稅萬萬稅

家家有本難唸的經

維多利亞
Nov 6 · 3 min read

福利國家都係萬稅之國,當我們好羨慕這些國家的福利的時候,最直接的一種想法就是:錢從哪裡來。人所共知:福利越好的國家,所收的稅就越高,錢都用在哪裡,不外乎是扶貧 / 教育 / 醫療,還有一些國家要補貼大量難民。

凡事都是 give and take,有人曾經說過一個年青人或年青夫婦移民去福利國家是找死,他們都是福利國家極有潛質的納稅人,在他們的年齡層裡面是付出的多於回報,到他們有子女的時候,他們得到的是優質教育和補貼,納稅人心理總算有點補償。如果一直都在工作而沒有子女,那得一直都付稅直到自己退休為止,以加拿大為例:退休年齡是65。

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歐美諸個福利國家稅網是無遠弗屆,最『廣泛應用』的除了個人入息稅之外,還有省銷售稅﹙PST﹚,從0至8%不等;聯邦稅7%。…

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維多利亞

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離開工作多年的崗位,分享回到第二故鄉的生活體驗,細數柴米油鹽芝麻綠豆小事

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