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HurvajsRumcajs | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 ~50% income taxes, ~20% VAT on everything you purchase (unless you're a biz, then you don't pay, but you have to add 20% on top of what you're asking for your services/products), big gas taxes, various additional consumer taxes, property taxes...

It's not 50%, it is much much more.
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Cyph3rp9nk | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 What you say is correct, but when you say it in public many people are offended.
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user19 | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Taxes otherwise who will do the roads !?!? /sarc
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HurvajsRumcajs | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 As they should. The solution most of them put forward is always more taxes. Just not directly on them, but others. Of course. The brainwashing by the state was so successful, that almost no one thinks "maybe it's smarter to push for lower taxes" and instead attack everyone that suggests that.

Same old, same old. 🤣