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Billionaires in the United States routinely pay a lower effective tax rate on their massive fortunes than the average working-class plumber or public school…
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If you thought your payroll deductions were bad, try starting a business in West Africa. According to historical World Bank data, the Ivory Coast imposes a…
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The government already knows exactly what you owe, but forces you to do complex math anyway. If you guess the numbers wrong, they enthusiastically penalize you.
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While you get physically ill looking at the deductions on your bi-weekly paystub, the world's richest corporations literally just ask governments nicely to…
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Because the taxman will absolutely hunt you down in low Earth orbit. The IRS explicitly outlines tax liabilities for income generated in outer space, ensuring…
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