[Video] Feit en fictie over de rijken belasten
Veronique de Rugy legt uit.
De Franse econome onderscheidt wekelijks bij Bloomberg TV feit van fictie. Deze week: drie mythes over belastingen en rijken: twee rechtse myhtes en één linkse.
Myth 1: Wealthy people pack up and move when their taxes increase.
Fact 1: High taxes generally do not cause the wealthy to move.
Myth 2: Blue states are big government states and red states are small government states.
Fact 2: Blue states are net payers, meaning residents pay more in income tax than they get back from the federal government, while red states are net recipients. Only one red state pays more into the system than it gets.
Myth 3: The federal income tax may be progressive but the rest of the tax system is not, particularly the payroll tax.
Fact 3: The entire tax system is progressive.
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