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...right. The President will speak what appear to be simple truths (which will often be shameless oversimplifications of serious policy matters). John Kerry will struggle through tortured complexities, like his explanation of his various positions on the $87 billion: he wanted the appropriation to be paid for by a tax on the wealthy, and when that notion failed, he voted against the bill. But he wouldn't have voted against it if his had been the deciding vote; he would never have stiffed the troops. And on and on. If that's the campaign, Bush wins...
FEELING THE TAX HEAT: Europeans pay higher taxes than anyone in the world. A nation-by-nation guide to the lands of lofty levies Click for full-size graphic
...Moser can't help noticing that her taxes keep going up. When she began her career on the medical faculty of Bonn University 25 years ago, she paid about one-third of her salary in taxes and social-security contributions. Today it's about half - far more than the 30% levied in neighboring Switzerland and the U.S., or the 27% rate in Japan. At the same time, beginning next year, the German government will no longer pay for some dental treatment or cover Moser's salary if she falls sick and is off work more than six weeks. That means...
...company’s statement said Surgut is forced to heavily invest in capital because, unlike the U.S. tax code, the Russian Federation tax code does not allow tax reductions for exploration, drilling and construction. Surgut said it would suffer huge tax losses that would harm shareholders if it chose not to make capital investments...
...arbitration claim, Harvard accused Surgut of submitting annual profit figures to shareholders as much as 79 percent lower than those it submitted in tax reports to the Russian Federation—a practice Harvard said is illegal...