"False hope" - probably about the same level of odds as national lottery, where the odds of winning anything major is so close to zero that you have practically the same chance of winning if you DON'T buy a ticket :-)
My point exactly.
"Adrenaline rush" - Sure, and why not? Gambling is indeed an expensive hobby that gives you an adrenaline rush. If there are customers willing to pay the price to get the pleasure, who are we to stand in their way?
Hmmmm. I guess amphetamines, cocaine, heroin, ... must be legal in Monaco. Because the same statement can be made of them.
Fraud? Casinos advertise how rich they are going to make you while picking your pocket.
So do national lotteries, but I do hear what you are trying to say re dishonesty.
Absolutely. You would bot BELIEVE some of the ads the California Lottery puts on TV. If a private corporation were to be so misleading, they would be in court.
I understand quite well what VAT is, thank you.
Then you should know your comment "Assuming you pay all tax legally due, what percentage of your income would it come to?" is nonsensical, since you don't CHOOSE to pay VAT, it is built into the price of everything you buy.
And, as s stated, our sales tax works the same way except it is expcitly stated as tax.
Perhaps you don't understand the concept of what we call "hidden taxes" which from our POV are the same thing.
Such as?
Taxes on manty items, such as cigaretees, alcoholic beverages, and gasoline are included in the price. THEN that tax is taxed by the sales tax.
And you are wrong anyway. If a country has the proper treaty with the US, a US citizen end up owing ZERO US taxes.
Nope, YOU are wrong. US citizen ends up owing zero US taxes IF AND ONLY IF he pays taxes in his country of residence (which has a double taxation treaty with the US) that equal or surpass what he would be liable to pay in the US.
I am aware of this. My wife IS a tax preparer. It would be difficult not to be. What you said does not cotradict my statement.
In Monaco, there are no taxes for US citizens to pay,
So US residents of Monaco don't pay VAT?
Because if they do, that is a misleading statement.
so any American resident of Monaco has to pay taxes in the US. Same for other tax havens. Ergo, US citizens, wherever they are in the world, pay taxes - either to the US or to their country of residence.
That is US law (mostly), yes.
I wonder Jacques Chiraq has to say.
Like you have ever cared what he had to say about anything :-)
Not that I can remember, no. But he shouldn't feel special: this has been true of every French President since and including De Gaulle.
You just told me you pay at least 19.6% in VAT
That is not income tax, which I thought we were talking about.
What is your "sales tax"? Holly says that is what you guys pay which is similar to VAT.
That depends on your state and sometimes county or even city.
taxadmin.org
It is like VAT: You have no choice about paying it. You buy a taxable item, you pay the sales on it or don't get it. It is opposed by DEMOCRATS generally because it is "regressive": the rate does not increase with income.
And what is your income tax level?
That's for me to know and you to guess. What would yours be?
Here's some help:
see p. 33
irs.gov
or
64.233.187.104
And my taxes are LOWER than they were under Slick.
Your disgust for his sexual habits notwithstanding, I guess you can at least agree that your taxes went to cause that was more beneficial to you and your loved ones under Clinton.
Rwanda? Yugoslavia? Money for the Food For Oil scandal? Selling the Lincoln Bedroom? An DEC trhat couldn't find its zipper, much less the frauds?
Give me some help, I'm having a problem here.
Or maybe you don't agree. It would be interesting to hear what you think of the budget deficit of your country at the moment.
I've yet to hear of an America at war that had a balnced budget.
Wrong question.
You just seem to prefer gov'ts that lie to you.
Like Clinton's? He was convinced SH had WMD too.
LOL! I have just one thing to say to that:
WHERE ARE ALL THE WMDs YOUR GOVERNMENT TOLD YOU IRAQ DEFINITELY HAD, LAZ?
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I heard they're in Syria. :-) |
