Belastingstelsel in NL zuigt big time

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Op vrijdag 25 januari 2008 21:42 schreef Marble het volgende:
Klagen over belasting betalen maar ondertussen wel lekker gesubsidieerd je mormels bij de kinderopvang parkeren. Beetje dubbele moraal he?

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Op vrijdag 25 januari 2008 21:46 schreef ManAtWork het volgende:
Je hebt dus teveel ontvangen. Dan is het toch logisch dat je terug moet betalen?
Als je te weinig had ontvangen, had je toch ook niet geklaagd dat je een aanvulling had gekregen?

Ik snap deze klaagzang nooit.

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Op vrijdag 25 januari 2008 21:55 schreef draaijer het volgende:
Mijn vriendin is een hard werkende in de zorg en nagenoeg haar hele salaris gaat op aan de kinderopvang. Wij hebben 1 kind en die gaat max. 2,5 dag per week naar de kinderopvang...

Paupers zijn die graaiers

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Op vrijdag 25 januari 2008 21:53 schreef draaijer het volgende:
Het is misschien heel flauw, maar ik heb echt het gevoel dat ze me naaien

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Op zaterdag 26 januari 2008 09:30 schreef draaijer het volgende:
Kom maar door met flattax. Iedereen wordt dan eerlijk belast. Ook als ik dan meer verdien, draag ik nog steeds meer af..

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Our Tax System


Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that's what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until on day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily bee r by $20." Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share'?
They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.
So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same percent, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The n inth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out of the $20,"declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man," but he got $10!"

"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got TEN times more than I!"

"That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"

"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. B ut when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

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Op zaterdag 26 januari 2008 10:03 schreef TheChemeng het volgende:

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Ik heb eerlijk gezegd ook nooit begrepen waarom een flattax systeem niet kan worden ingevoerd. Uiteindelijk dragen de breedste schouders dan toch nog steeds de grootste lasten.

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Op zaterdag 26 januari 2008 11:00 schreef draaijer het volgende:

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Ehm, jou verhaal motiveerd de mensen niet om harder te werken