brightlee

Originally posted by Gretzky at 2005-7-8 05:00:
3 R3 E) p6 b8 s6 l; R8 C5 {世上最重 personal income tax的5個國家 (in 2000)7 |, V" t5 e5 c$ o5 ~1 e. L5 B6 d

- H/ p' ], A; d* g; T& C" l& tDenmark 52.6%!- z: _2 f' s! z9 O$ j4 A* _
New Zeland 42.8%!! ^" ~/ w- c/ C* s8 b( q( R' N
United States 42.4%# `* ~5 S# k0 X6 X, U+ w
Canada 36.8%  `7 l: E0 p4 X# @* V) S2 `( c
Australia 36.7%

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Sweden/Finland are not in the top 5?!!!!!

Gretzky

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It's personal income tax....not including goods and services tax (like the VAT and GST, etc.)

tenmadio

Originally posted by bigfish at 2005-02-01 14:06:
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  Y. G8 Z9 V3 b+ ~3 b中國竟然細個美國??!!8 E) ^- M! K: _5 N$ h
according to "Atlas" by Ling Kee, China is 9,596,961, USA is 9,372,614! g$ c: E( _$ {& ?7 d8 u

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2003
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total: 17,075,200 sq km 1 f/ ?* S& w1 K" U% u. j+ C6 t
water: 79,400 sq km
( f$ h! L' J( uland: 16,995,800 sq km
8 h# X- A0 |% a" Q1 fArea - comparative:
0 |2 y" L0 r" Iapproximately 1.8 times the size of the US 2 ~$ C9 o2 j5 t8 G3 D% B

9 f5 Q( P, Z' \8 P5 y6 ~! aPopulation: 7 u* D' c8 {0 h: {
144,526,278 (July 2003 est.) ! H7 Z' y7 ?# `) u3 k
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#2 Canada:
$ y9 W1 S' I* d7 K" B# `total: 9,984,670 sq km
, C  ?8 l0 s% y- f; B3 @) tland: 9,093,507 sq km ( n5 f# K8 @4 @5 |
water: 891,163 sq km 4 ^; R2 r8 i0 T1 K5 U5 R& L
Area - comparative: 1 A: ?5 t9 X$ r7 v; H
somewhat larger than the US
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9 x- k  Q0 {3 f& C9 p8 @1 b: F& APopulation: 5 x. t# O! \( d: n: g
32,207,113 (July 2003 est.)
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7 t2 U' ?, \' U' }0 z#3 USA: " E' _0 L  O0 L! j; U
total: 9,629,091 sq km 0 |1 O, N5 h3 B+ X* d
land: 9,158,960 sq km & X% G6 G/ X4 o# `( i# s8 R
water: 470,131 sq km 3 u1 A* z. m1 X# }+ k
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia 8 s( ?& B7 A/ h
Area - comparative: 7 D9 ]9 X* g# }$ p; _
about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about
- a, B' m2 o: h8 U9 K( Q  w2 shalf the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly
# f+ Z' P. A% E0 s: ?larger than China; about two and a half times the size of Western Europe : ?% ]! Q! W7 m+ k" P8 F! b
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Population:
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#4 China
, [5 X2 J4 F$ H  Z- Ototal: 9,596,960 sq km 3 o8 n1 v2 a  B
land: 9,326,410 sq km
! |, G' n8 T. p9 P* E" H; ~5 ^water: 270,550 sq km & ]7 }$ L% ]% ?2 n5 U: s/ {
Area - comparative:
3 \3 I6 X; _* N2 {slightly smaller than the US
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Population:
2 b8 z9 D, N" e7 b1 J1,286,975,468 (July 2003 est.)2 f  H7 b) k, G% y; q4 V# Y

( U0 g, G% r2 A7 H' v+ nThe info above is copied from:   }2 Q4 y' t0 N0 \/ M( _
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rs.html
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This should settle it once and for all2 B7 ~% R" R; r8 q0 z0 K

1 |" M) O4 f  B  ZALL INFO SOURCED FROM THE CIA WORLD FACTBOOK OF THE US GOVERNMENT
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LARGEST COUNTRIES BY LAND AREA ONLY (NO WATER!)
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8 G6 P! S0 S4 b3 Q6 p4 Y1 M1) RUSSIAN FEDERATION   p- C' d7 {& x! ]
16,995,800 sq km5 d0 {$ O& p& k5 ~
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2) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
$ [- n7 N$ _, c9 _9 g8 j  R9,326,410 sq km
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. R" n3 f9 J& F; u# j3 G% L# d4 p3) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
" g7 K% n* s8 g4 n( X8 t9,161,923 sq km
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" m) X/ A; b. }; X$ a4) CANADA
; Q+ Y; W, `0 O6 h% j& Cland: 9,093,507 sq km
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Largest Countries by TOTAL AREA (WATER+LAND)
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: ~5 W) m9 j' N9 `/ |total: 17,075,200 sq km6 K) n( B* [# E2 n
land: 16,995,800 sq km
/ q9 ]0 F' f' {: ~1 Q) x6 hwater: 79,400 sq km
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total: 9,984,670 sq km& |6 R5 \1 R% N4 Y
land: 9,093,507 sq km2 z; S  t0 Z3 u2 ]$ u
water: 891,163 sq km# A: L5 W2 A& }8 N0 a. m- \9 W- y3 ?- b

1 b& X5 R6 P1 h! d3) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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total: 9,631,418 sq km' g- @1 q" v  H. s  w% x. R- l# ^
land: 9,161,923 sq km9 C/ z! i1 z9 O* ]( _6 {8 {
water: 469,495 sq km
; h5 x% L6 ]# g- Fnote: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia2 X, K( i8 c5 C# Q
(THIS INCLUDES ALASKA AND HAWAII)) i* c0 {  x" M
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4) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
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# j1 m* K" w; {total: 9,596,960 sq km0 [, f' Q- s+ t; D
land: 9,326,410 sq km/ S( S/ ]$ z; l1 L  n
water: 270,550 sq km
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  K/ y0 C$ v! p, y6 x3 fLARGEST COUNTRIES BY POPULATION:4 @  U8 M$ P; Y0 a% b! \: R) a
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1)CHINA 1,298,847,624 (July 2004 est.)/ b! ?9 W# p) F0 v/ {; o' y/ I4 q
2)INDIA 1,065,070,607 (July 2004 est.)$ @  G" a  [  O! e
3)USA 293,027,571 (July 2004 est.)
: F1 v* A1 ]) q5 c! i4 a3 q4)INDONESIA 238,452,952 (July 2004 est.)- D. ~+ k: `4 {  {' Y4 o
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MISC:
0 x& s4 Z# y4 y4 l0 I0 J8 C) I' B6 ?2 lRUSSIA 143,782,338 (July 2004 est.)% Y7 h  H( k5 m+ L  ]: y
CANADA 32,507,874 (July 2004 est.)
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* B0 Z+ G9 `: t1 o, B6 ^2005 is not calculated yet, and countries do get smaller now, because the amount of water is increasing, shrinking the land...+ ^1 y# x. D! W8 ^" _" N
sorry if I spell anything wrong...
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* C# C0 D: q4 |5 n1 jSo you can see the idea that Canada is bigger than China and the US is based solely on the fact that it claims sovereignty over more WATER than land! The USA Is only bigger than China if you include Territorial Seas. (having more coastline means more territorial seas can be claimed)+ c- G- ]* i, e) e4 s, H

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2005 is not calculated yet...   sorry) O2 M* u, d  K3 |! @) b) }
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! k5 k' L) t! H0 x3 f' [adding to the point, china is getting smaller and smaller each year, because of the & w' r6 |2 U' s8 w+ T
Yangtze River ....  anyone have any thoughts about it???
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[ Last edited by tenmadio on 2005-7-7 at 08:11 PM ]

johnwu

Originally posted by tenmadio at 2005-7-8 08:40 AM:
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no need to argue, here is your ...

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8 L& E) R' R# J' d% JGood analysis Ten!
  C9 X$ f$ ~/ L. c1 N( ~The area does not change a lot but the technology that use to measure the area changed a lot.( m% U& J. K' {2 O
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A lot of these info are just for fun.
$ v9 @8 w3 ^1 B! j3 |! QFor example the income tax figure I believe it's the highest bracket.  I live in US and I don't think I will ever make enough to qualify for the 42.4% bracket.  In fact, average tax rate is much lower ( I believe it's somewhere in the mid 20%).  My Canada friend told me that they pay more tax then we do.

tenmadio

Originally posted by johnwu at 2005-02-01 20:01:$ {3 n% ?4 Z+ |+ D& q1 h! q

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$ j6 Z$ @% \, `0 }( S1 ZGood analysis Ten!" t9 [  f2 E8 Z3 W1 H& g' h
The area do...

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! d- k: _1 @8 Ethx, just trying to help,  
. J5 W# ~. T3 n$ ]- R& A- utalking about tax, yes, my family is also having trouble with tax too, if this continues, i am not even sure if i am able to finish my years in university
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Gretzky

Thanks Ten for the info....save my 勞氣 man....., V/ ~4 C2 {- o- d
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John, I am paying 32% of what i make to the stupid Paul Martin Liberals....gonna go bankrupt soon.

tenmadio

Originally posted by Gretzky at 2005-02-01 22:56:6 o6 v  k" ~  }; O' z5 l
Thanks Ten for the info....save my 勞氣 man.....; Y6 V3 }# |& ~/ r) h
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John, I am paying 32% of what i make to the stupid Paul Martin Liberals....gonna go bankrupt soon.

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your welcome, just trying to help  

hideaki

感謝分享

VictorTan

又增加知识啦！多谢分享！

robertchok

美國應該大過canada架喎@_@