Global Market Comments
February 15, 2024
Fiat Lux
Featured Trade:
(SPECIAL INCOME TAX ISSUE)
(THE TAX RATE FALLACY)
(THANK GOODNESS I DON’T LIVE IN SWEDEN)
(EWD)
Global Market Comments
February 15, 2024
Fiat Lux
Featured Trade:
(SPECIAL INCOME TAX ISSUE)
(THE TAX RATE FALLACY)
(THANK GOODNESS I DON’T LIVE IN SWEDEN)
(EWD)
I recently found the chart below showing world tax rates as a percentage of GDP for the past 40 years. Sweden suffers the world's heaviest tax burden at 51%, compared to only 27% in the US.
The US has among the world's lowest tax burdens in terms of actual taxes paid, which has been falling for the last 20 years. Listening to TV pundits, you would think we had the world's highest tax rates, which are about to leap much higher.
Germany, home to some of the world's best run and most profitable companies which make the Fatherland a major exporter, has one of the lowest tax bills. Iceland sits at the bottom and is now bankrupt, thanks to an overdose of free market deregulatory philosophy.
Americans historically have had a very strong resistance to taxation, which you can trace back to the libertarian foundations of the country. The Revolutionary War, in which 17 of my known ancestors fought, was primarily about taxes.
The top end of the distribution is packed with European nations, but you never hear them complain about high tax rates. Most believe the cost of the social safety net is worth it. Those that don't, move to the US, Monte Carlo, Lichtenstein, or the British Virgin Islands.
Of course, having once been a part owner of a fashion model agency in Stockholm, I can certainly vouch for the advantages of living in the world's most taxed domicile. Suffice it to say, you spend a lot of time indoors in the home of the Vikings.
Well, Maybe It's Not So Bad After All
Global Market Comments
October 5, 2021
Fiat Lux
Featured Trade:
(HOW TO EXECUTE A VERTICAL BULL CALL SPREAD)
(AAPL)
(THANK GOODNESS, I DON’T LIVE IN SWEDEN)
(EWD)
Global Market Comments
November 10, 2020
Fiat Lux
FEATURED TRADE:
(HOW TO EXECUTE A VERTICAL BULL CALL SPREAD),
(AAPL)
(THANK GOODNESS, I DON’T LIVE IN SWEDEN), (EWD),
Global Market Comments
November 6, 2018
Fiat Lux
Featured Trade:
(HOW TO EXECUTE A VERTICAL BULL CALL SPREAD),
(AAPL)
(THANK GOODNESS, I DON’T LIVE IN SWEDEN), (EWD),
(PLEASE USE MY FREE DATA BASE SEARCH)
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