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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:00:57 +1100, jc wrote:
Chris Lasdauskas wrote: snip The top personal tax rate is lower than 40% and you only pay it on the part of your income above a certain threshold, so no-one is paying 40%. Yes we pay GST, but previously we paid sales taxes which it replaced so the result is about the same. On the up side we don't pay state taxes like the US seem to do. If you find a study comparing international tax rates - where all taxes, levies, stamp duties etc are included, you'll find that Australia is in the lower part of total tax range, probably (though I am going from memory here) lower than what some parts of the US pay. What country are you in - certainly not Australia http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/co...u=5053&mfp=001 shows Over $70,000 $18,612 plus 47c for each $1 over $70,000 The above rates do not include the Medicare levy of 1.5%. As I said above, I thought this was correct. Thanks for backing it up for us. BWB |
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We host the fellow and then he denigrates our country! If it was a
dictatorship we could ban the ill-mannered windbag from entering again. Albert Badwater Bill Dec 17, 7:39 pm Subject: Australia Your government is half way between a democracy and a dictatorship blah blah .. BWB |
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We host the fellow and then he denigrates our country! If it was a
dictatorship we could ban the ill-mannered windbag from entering again. Albert Badwater Bill Dec 17, 7:39 pm Subject: Australia Your government is half way between a democracy and a dictatorship blah blah .. BWB |
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"Chris Lasdauskas" wrote in message news:mPcurcJnILSl-pn2-ZXPFVu33yGSI@localhost... On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 06:07:29 UTC, wrote: We host the fellow and then he denigrates our country! If it was a dictatorship we could ban the ill-mannered windbag from entering again. Albert Badwater Bill Dec 17, 7:39 pm Subject: Australia Your government is half way between a democracy and a dictatorship blah blah .. BWB Albert Allow another American to apologize on behalf of most of the rest of us. In Bill's defense though - that was the politest I've ever seen him ;^}. As for Australia's political system - You have a "Parliamentary Democracy" - we have a "Republic". Both have their good and bad points. And both look better than the other to their own. What really puzzles us, as Americans, is the economic system. Socialism will lose to Capitalism every time...I suspect that's what Bill meant. |
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Ron Webb wrote:
"Chris Lasdauskas" wrote in message news:mPcurcJnILSl-pn2-ZXPFVu33yGSI@localhost... On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 06:07:29 UTC, wrote: We host the fellow and then he denigrates our country! If it was a dictatorship we could ban the ill-mannered windbag from entering again. Albert Badwater Bill Dec 17, 7:39 pm Subject: Australia Your government is half way between a democracy and a dictatorship blah blah .. BWB Albert Allow another American to apologize on behalf of most of the rest of us. In Bill's defense though - that was the politest I've ever seen him ;^}. As for Australia's political system - You have a "Parliamentary Democracy" - we have a "Republic". Both have their good and bad points. And both look better than the other to their own. What really puzzles us, as Americans, is the economic system. Socialism will lose to Capitalism every time...I suspect that's what Bill meant. Why the hell do people do that? You probably don't speak for anyone here. |
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Ron,
I've lived and worked in the U.S. and was in the Australian army in Vietnam and was in locations where I faced the enemy with U.S. troops so I know American characteristics well. They are generous and open people - just like most people around the world when you get to know them. There's no excuse for publicly badmouthing another man's country as Bill did. Cheers, Albert Ron Webb wrote: Albert Allow another American to apologize on behalf of most of the rest of us. In Bill's defense though - that was the politest I've ever seen him ;^}. |
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