Maastricht Treaty revisions needed?

[eppie]

Do you know anyone who earns that much? If not, then your observation is pretty ludicrous. If you are worth 100,000 Euro per day, and only get paid 1000, then you'll eventually go to where you can get paid what you are worth. If you earn an average wage in the Netherlands, let's say 2,800 Euro per month (17.5 Euro per hour), then if the government takes 45% you'd be left with about $1540 (about $9.63 Euro per hour). So, is your time worth the higher wage, or not. Then a the highly taxed Netherlander, I'd ask myself, what is my return on my investment of about 1/2 my days labor. What it means is that you have about 1/2 the economic power you had before the government took its share away from you.

But did you think the average wage would be the same if taxes were 20 %? Of course not, it would be much lower.