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  • What Do New Yorkers Get for Their High Taxes? And how does Florida compare?

    01/31/2026 1:07:43 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 01/31/26 | Jeffrey Folks
    Billions in taxpayer money have disappeared in Minnesota...but it’s not just Minnesota. There are other blue states where billions in taxpayer funds seem to be unaccountable. What happened to the missing money? Obviously, it went into someone’s account, at times with the knowledge of state officials who may have received contributions or votes to remain silent, but into whose account? The contrast between New York and Florida in this regard, as in so much else, is revealing. The marginal income tax rate in New York state is 10.9% (nearly 15% in NYC ), along with sales taxes nearly 9% in...
  • Germany closer to blocking EU citizens' 'welfare tourism'

    10/07/2016 9:36:45 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 13 replies
    TheLocal.de ^ | 07 Oct 2016 17:14 GMT+02:00 | (DPA/The Local)
    The German government wants to stop citizens of other EU countries, particularly from eastern Europe, from moving to Germany just for its benefits. Government sources told DPA that the German cabinet was in agreement about approving a proposed law to prevent EU citizens from countries outside Germany from claiming welfare benefits during their first five years in the country. […] Hartz IV was introduced in 2003 as a base social welfare payment available to all German citizens, regardless of whether they had ever had a job. …