On 2 Nov 2008 04:11:59 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>> Why not oppose taxes too? If a government can take 25% of your
>> earnings, why not argue that it's a convenient excuse for them to eventually
>> take 99.9%?
>
>  Funny you would say that, as the Finnish government already takes 60% of
>your income here if you earn too much. That amount would be rather outrageous
>in many countries. (And this is one of the reasons why Finland is not such
>an enticing country for people and companies to search for work.)

At one point, in the UK, the highest rate of tax, under Harold Wilson, was 19/6
in the pound that is 97.5%.
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Regards
     Stephen

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