On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Peter J. Alling wrote: > Sorry but that depends on the country. A friend of mine who was living > and working in Germany doing about the same job I was doing. When we > compared wages, he was making about half what I was making. I was > paying an effective tax rate of approximately 45% which included Social > Social Security, Federal, State and Medicaid, (that doesn't include the > employer match on SS which is actually a tax on the employee). He was > paying approximately 55%. The costs are actually much higher after taxes.
This is true. It's also true that generally Europeans work fewer hours and have much more vacation time than Americans. Am I right in believing that Americans have something like 22 days paid vacation/year? The European *average* is 34. I read Germany tops the league table at 43! Chris
