主题：得知近一半美国家庭不用交去年的所得税的感想 -- 海外俗人

CCAV的数据是2000块标准是23%的劳动力缴费，3000块的标准是12%的比例。

不是3000人民币以上的收入才缴纳所得税吗？

8亿一半的农民工的收入是多少呢？

Currently, even people with income of around 45k can still qualify for AMT...

Congress wants to kick out AMT for a while, but reform is always blocked by certain votes.

BTW, if you are married and do not file as a family, lots of tax benefits will not be available--therefore, filing as a family is still worthwhile.

Another option--live as partners and never officially marry. I know one friend couple does that. I was amazed...

difficult to get free lunch from Uncle Sam. Compared with 1980s, America, at both the federal and state levels, has cut down their welfare benefits.

I talked to old immigrants (not those high-tech wizard generation of new immigrants from Taiwan/Hk/China, etc). Their benefits package was amazingly good. But most would be cut or not available to newcomers.

California, in its golden years, had been very nice to poor Asian immigrants. After the 2000-2002 and 2007-2009 crises, I heard of lots of gov. cutbacks.

A looming fiscal crisis is going to hit all kinds of local governments.

你认为美国人现在真的那么在乎公平么。 只要多交税才能多得选举权，总统就没法只照顾Gates。

说穿了很简单，就是把国家当成公司来经营，如果把交税看成对这个公司的投资的话，那样选举权与股权挂钩也不是什么不合理的制度。关键是你怎么看国家这个事物了。

国家倒底是用来爱或恨的甚至是意识形态的，还是不过是人们用来谋生过日子的一个平台。这个态度的区别可以带来本质的不同结果。

tax (indirect tax), such as VAT.

Federal gov. mainly relies on indirect taxes for expenditure. China is very similar to continental European nations.

income tax is main source of fiscal revenue in Anglo nations.

del.

In Canada, that's the most effective way.

Another way is to live in Alberta: lowest combined income tax. Do not live in Quebec: 2nd highest in terms of total income tax burden.

I think you have marginal rate of 48% already based on what your said.

Thinking about switching from full-time to contractor. If there is a double dip ahead, most engineering companies will let contractors go first.

Your are correct.

I was hesitant in 2007. So far this is a jobless recovery. Might go self-employed once the economy stabilizes.

I owe you a big thank you.

是4.15报税的时候不用再补交，记得新闻的标题就是：

45% don't owe U.S. income tax

大家都交税，不过大部分不用补。

上面写得很清楚。

莫非比例要改了？还是已经改了？百度了一下，还是75:25啊。