>>>>>
>>>>>I think we have less taxes than you, at least according to George Harrison.
>>>>
>>>>Ours is like 20-22% on the first £4,500 - £32,000
>>>>and 40% on everything over that.
>>>>
>>>>or something like that. On top, we pay national health insurance.
>>>
>>>What part of Russia are you in again? <s>
>>>
>>>40%! egad man, you are a slave!
>>>
>>>Here's the gist of it from George Harrison hisownself:
>>>
>>>Let me tell you how it will be
>>>There's one for you, nineteen for me
>>>'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
>>>
>>>Should five per cent appear too small
>>>Be thankful I don't take it all
>>>'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
>>>
>>>If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
>>>If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
>>>If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
>>>If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
>>>
>>>Don't ask me what I want it for
>>>If you don't want to pay some more
>>>'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
>>>
>>>Now my advice for those who die
>>>Declare the pennies on your eyes
>>>'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
>>>And you're working for no one but me.
>>
>>
>>We are in fact the LEAST taxed of the industrialized nations. (George Harrison, I hardly need to point out, was English, not American). And yet that isn't good enough for some. They want to keep every last sweating nickel in their fists. The less fortunate? -- let 'em go hang!
>
>Yes, I admit it. I am a terrible person. I want to keep what I have earned. There, I've said it. Now I feel much better.
>
>Of course I want to keep what I've earned! I even want to let what I have managed to hold on to grow via investments (see capitalism). Having worked for the guvment, I know what they do with the tax money and I don't want them to have one penny more than I have to pay. They will waste it, almost every time.
>
>I will never understand you libs. You gripe about not making enough money, yet you've never seen a tax you didn't love. Give me a break! And the quote should be "let em eat cake"<g>


Oho! It's so nice to be labeled <g>.

For the record, I have not griped about not making enough money. Nor do I begrudge giving some of it back to sustain the society we live in. The police, for instance.