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solely to do some research on the tax code throughout the world
you find out that the claim this
from republicans in this country that belonged and we are so overtaxed let me
tell you some guys all we have uh... spending problem that's all it is
there's no revenue problem is just the spending problem
that's really that really becomes a hard hit
uh... position to defend
when you look at the numbers so
but
business insider had this great article about this
so for somebody making three hundred thousand dollars a year
which puts them in it
uh... one of the at the top earners in the country certainly within the top two
percent
went somebody making that much money
it's not that the u_s_ uh... has the highest action in the world for them now
it's not that the u_s_ or the second eyes
taxes in the world for them now
is that the third the fourth the fifth
the twentieth
i mean there's a lot a hundred and
near i don't know
between a hundred thirteen hundred fifty some countries in the world
uh...
carried out the u_s_ has
he fifty third
highest
tax rate
for people making three hundred thousand dollars
and then when you couldn't when you look at the country's
that actual s
and you look in the country in the tax more
unburied
interesting picture
starts to come out from that
uh... well aware that causation doesn't equal correlation nick center a
every a single country on that list
that taxes are less
for their high-income earners
kuwait yemen inject serbia jamaica
albania belarus there was a whole list those opposed to
of second world
and third world countries
the country in the tax slightly more
the richer people
ridden france spain you know
they countries that we would typically associate with being more modernized and
closer to first-world
and then also
uh... let's take a look at uh... a little bit less money so so making a
hundred thousand dollars a year in the united states
which is still well away i'm thinking about money
now people might sell will look in specific county that's not all that much
money it's it's much harder to live on that in westchester county or orange
county or whatever
and that's certainly true but in terms of just looking at the the whole realm
of income in the united states
a hundred thousand dollars still put you in a in a
used to make a lot compared to
deep overwhelming majority of americans okay
area were ranked
we tax people
the fifty-fifth
so what am i getting at is just flat-out not true that we have super high taxes
and and are rich people or on the verge of fleeing to other countries
not the case manned by why i don't see a mask exit is
from uh...
from france or britain because they have slightly higher taxes on the rich
if it's become a mythology on the right
that they use as their goal to argument
when they want to talk about look you can't tax people a little bit more who
make a lot of money
it's not all you know you guys get away with it are runaway what do you know you
can do that and
whenever really comfortable when she learned about having this never happened
around this jury
and there are some people that i mean *** bags and leave because they're
unpatriotic
sure they're gonna be some is a good to me
statistically significant
no it's not going to be
and out last thing on this in terms of the uh...
corporate tax rate
you always hear from republicans off
the reason why our economy struggling is because corporate taxes are too high so
you're not incentivize inc's
to do business
in united states of america needs a lower incentivize them to come here
well first of all
the united states is such a tremendous market that that is is just a silly
argument that's of course not sure people are always going to tap into the
the marketplace that is the united states of america that's point number
one point number two
while on paper
we have a high corporate tax rate
company compared to other but industrialized countries in reality
after all that the the deductions
and the loopholes
and the way to get around it
and the break six era
we actually have the second lowest
in the industrialized world
he only one that has a lower great is iceland
so as usual when you actually look at the facts you look at the numbers you
look at the statistics and meet you as you get yourself on bos
the argument that comes from the right wing
doesn't hold up to even a minimal amount of scrutiny