The tax rates are on the gross salary. Those tax rates help lessen inequality.
Europeans aren't complaining about their net income. They're complaining about their gross income.
> supporting their industries rather than crushing them with ridiculous regulatory burdens (GDPR and others
Ah, I see. This was an irrational rant with 0 critical thinking put in to it.
edited to address:
> levy effective tax rates of 50%+ on them.
Effective is what people actually pay. No software engineer in any European country has an effective tax rate of 50%. With progessive(staggered) tax rates & pension relief, most would end up with ~30-35% tax rate. 50% is charged on money over x, everything below x is at lower rates so your _effective_ tax rate is not 50%.
Europeans aren't complaining about their net income. They're complaining about their gross income.
> supporting their industries rather than crushing them with ridiculous regulatory burdens (GDPR and others
Ah, I see. This was an irrational rant with 0 critical thinking put in to it.
edited to address:
> levy effective tax rates of 50%+ on them.
Effective is what people actually pay. No software engineer in any European country has an effective tax rate of 50%. With progessive(staggered) tax rates & pension relief, most would end up with ~30-35% tax rate. 50% is charged on money over x, everything below x is at lower rates so your _effective_ tax rate is not 50%.