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>Furthermore those claims that cry about 50% of people not paying taxes ignore the fact that they are indeed paying, albeit indirectly thru highly underpaid jobs which for some here its they fault for they do not work hard enough...

right idea, wrong arguement: they pay all those consumption taxes: from VAT down to those stupid other ones:
salt, coffee, champagne, alcohol, energy and so on.
Although we germans are probably much further "ahead" on that dimension.