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Old 07-24-2007, 10:09 PM
z28dreams z28dreams is offline
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Default Re: Just Saw Sicko, Now Have Question

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IE in Sweden someone making about $80k/yr is taxed 45%, max tax is 50%. Here it's 38%/38% at that level. Not *that* gigantic of a difference.

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7-12% sounds like a pretty big difference to me.

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OK, but don't most people in the US pay well over 7% of their income for health insurance?

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As an individual, probably not. If you combine the company's contribution, then probably yes.