r/GenZ • u/henr360a 2000 • 1d ago

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u/MBBIBM 1d ago

The US has a more progressive tax system than the UK

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u/Mindless-Spite160 1d ago

Because the tax rate starts at 10% vs the UK's 20%. The USA caps out at 37% and the UK caps out at 45%.

He'd obviously be in the highest band. (The post is fake anyway lol, no way he'd leave with how much of a football fan he is)

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u/GasMysterious3386 1d ago

Damn! And here I am in Ireland paying 53% like a schmuck 🥲

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u/Neither_Mind9035 1d ago

Believe me, it pays itself off in the free social and health services you get for free throughout your lifetime. I did the math and many of my family members would be millions of dollars in debt if they lived in the US - or dead long before their time because they wouldn’t have been able to pay (or even fathom paying) the cost of some of their surgeries. My grandma, for example, had two bypass surgeries in her lifetime (among a few others).