US unemployment rate DOWN!

s243a

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Here is my MATLAB code for the above graph:


clear all
data={'Austrailia', 28.3, 16.0, 4.6;
...%'Austria', 47.4, 35.5, NaN;
'Belgium', 55.4, 40.3, 7.7;
'Canada', 31.6, 21.5, 6.1;
'Czech Repulic', 43.8, 27.1, 6.4;
'Denmark', 41.4, 29.6, 3.4;
'France', 50.1, 41.7, 8.8;
'Germany', 51.8, 35.7, 7.1;
'Greece', 38.8, 39.2, 8.6;
'Hungary', 50.5, 39.9, 7.9;
... %'iceland', 29.0, 11.0, NaN;
'ireland', 25.7, 8.1, 4.4;
'italy', 45.4, 35.2, 6.5;
'Japan', 27.7, 24.9, 4.0;
'Korea', 17.3, 16.2, 3.2;
'Luxembourg', 35.3, 12.2, 5.0;
...%'Mexico', 18.2, 18.2, NaN;
'Netherlands', 38.6, 29.1, 3.5;
'New Zealand', 20.5, 14.5, 3.7;
'Norway', 37.3, 29.6, 2.7;
'Poland', 43.6, 42.1, 11.8;
'Portugal', 36.2, 26.6, 7.5;
'Slovak Republic', 38.3, 23.2, 11.0;
'Spain', 29.0, 33.4, 8.6;
'Sweden', 47.9, 42.4, 6.7;
'Switzerland', 29.5, 18.6, 3.9;
... %'Turky', 42.7, 42.7, NaN;
'United Kingdon', 33.5, 27.1, 5.4;
'United States', 29.1, 11.9, 4.5 }

x=[data{ : ,2} data{ : ,3}]
y=[data{ : ,4} data{ : ,4}]
plot(x,y,'.')
A=[x ( : ) ones(length(x),1)]
theata=inv(A'*A)*A'*y( : );
lambda=linspace(0,60)
hold on;
plot(lambda,lambda*theata(1)+theata(2));
hold off;
 
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westmanguy

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that chart confuses me.

Taxes are to much, plain and simple.

Liberal bleeding hearts should get lost. If I saved 18 000 per year, I could afford my own health care! And maybe save something too!
 

Kreskin

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Although that doesn't answer my question....


I'm very well, thank you; couldn't be better.....well I could be less taxed but instead I get Liberals (like yourself) patronizing others.....and for what? (an OK bang for my buck? Your going to have to better than that)


Like any other virus, I've become rather immune to it. (on my own)

If you're doing very well thank you and couldn't be better then the healthcare system has served you well. What else needs to be pointed out. But feel free to head south anytime you feel you need to spend more of your hard earned money on healthcare expenses.
 

s243a

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It looks like from my above graph for every 10% increase in taxes the unemployment rate increases by 1%.
 

Kreskin

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that chart confuses me.

Taxes are to much, plain and simple.

Liberal bleeding hearts should get lost. If I saved 18 000 per year, I could afford my own health care! And maybe save something too!

How could you save 18k a year? Paying no tax at all? Where does that happen?
 

westmanguy

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All I want the gov. to do is, solve our moral issues.

Companies can build the roads and charge us to go on them.

Everything we have can be done without a government.
 

Kreskin

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Mexico has an "unemployment rate" of 3.2% and their tax rate is 18.2%. How could it get any better? Why are they risking death to get out?
 

Kreskin

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All I want the gov. to do is, solve our moral issues.

Companies can build the roads and charge us to go on them.

Everything we have can be done without a government.

Solve our moral issues? You mean no separation of church and state?
 

s243a

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Mexico has an "unemployment rate" of 3.2% and their tax rate is 18.2%. How could it get any better? Why are they risking death to get out?

"
CORPORATE TAX
A Corporate Tax assessable at a maximum rate of 35% must be paid annually to the Tax Authorities on the Company's taxable profits. The procedure to calculate such profits is by deducting certain allowed expenses from the total accruable gross income. Most of the Company's income is considered accruable for Income Tax purposes at the time any of the following situations occur:
1. invoices are issued;
2. when the goods are delivered to the buyer, or the services are rendered; and
3. when the total or partial amount of the transaction is collected or is payable, including advance payments.
Basically, the allowed deductions are all costs and/or expenses strictly necessary to carry out the Company´s business.
Except for the first year of operations, all Mexican corporations must file their income taxes through monthly provisional payments. These provisional payments will be credited against the annual Income Tax Return."
http://www.solutionsabroad.com/d_mexicantaxlaw.asp
 

Kreskin

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"
CORPORATE TAX
A Corporate Tax assessable at a maximum rate of 35% must be paid annually to the Tax Authorities on the Company's taxable profits. The procedure to calculate such profits is by deducting certain allowed expenses from the total accruable gross income. Most of the Company's income is considered accruable for Income Tax purposes at the time any of the following situations occur:
1. invoices are issued;
2. when the goods are delivered to the buyer, or the services are rendered; and
3. when the total or partial amount of the transaction is collected or is payable, including advance payments.
Basically, the allowed deductions are all costs and/or expenses strictly necessary to carry out the Company´s business.
Except for the first year of operations, all Mexican corporations must file their income taxes through monthly provisional payments. These provisional payments will be credited against the annual Income Tax Return."
http://www.solutionsabroad.com/d_mexicantaxlaw.asp
That was one of the missing links in this discussion. Corporate taxation.
 

Jay

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If you're doing very well thank you and couldn't be better then the healthcare system has served you well.

So If I don't use the system and am doing well it's the system to be thanked? Interesting analogy I think......did you get training in clairvoyance or something? Good job!

What else needs to be pointed out.


The amount of drinks you've had maybe.....

But feel free to head south anytime you feel you need to spend more of your hard earned money on healthcare expenses.


If I had a dime for every time one of you Liberals told me to "go south" I'd be rich....if I had a dime for every time I wanted to tell one of you Liberals to move to Russia or China and didn't, I'd be rich too.....discretion just seems to get the better of me. Try it sometime.
 

Kreskin

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So If I don't use the system and am doing well it's the system to be thanked? Interesting analogy I think......did you get training in clairvoyance or something? Good job!




The amount of drinks you've had maybe.....




If I had a dime for every time one of you Liberals told me to "go south" I'd be rich....if I had a dime for every time I wanted to tell one of you Liberals to move to Russia or China and didn't, I'd be rich too.....discretion just seems to get the better of me. Try it sometime.
Why is it you can't talk about anything without pointing out your a redneck and anyone else with a differing opinion must be a liberal. It's one big bloody yawn. Why not just cut n paste the same post for everything.
 

s243a

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Mexico has an "unemployment rate" of 3.2% and their tax rate is 18.2%. How could it get any better? Why are they risking death to get out?

On average taxes in Mexico are low but that is just because most people in Mexico don't make enough money to be taxed:

[FONT=Lucida Bright,Arial]"Resident Individuals[/FONT]

Residents of Mexico, irrespective of nationality, are subject to Mexican taxation on their worldwide income of all types which must be included in an annual personal income tax return. Special treatment is given to capital gains, domestic interest and dividend income, at a graduated scale of rates reaching 35%."
http://www.mexconnect.com/business/mex2000taxesinmexico.html
 

Kreskin

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On average taxes in Mexico are low but that is just because most people in Mexico don't make enough money to be taxed:

[FONT=Lucida Bright,Arial]"Resident Individuals[/FONT]

Residents of Mexico, irrespective of nationality, are subject to Mexican taxation on their worldwide income of all types which must be included in an annual personal income tax return. Special treatment is given to capital gains, domestic interest and dividend income, at a graduated scale of rates reaching 35%."
http://www.mexconnect.com/business/mex2000taxesinmexico.html
My original post was to point out that unemployment stats could be deceiving. Looking at it alone in Mexico it certainly is.
 

s243a

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westmanguy

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If I had a dime for every time I cried about the Liberal taking over this nation and making it socialist, I'd be rich.

Thats where we are heading SOCIALISM. The gov. is taking control of everything, half our $$ goes to them and they run all our services.

Its not there 100% but trust me it will be eventually.

Liberal people should be taken out to the back of the barn and shot and mutilated. (attempt at humor)
 

Jay

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Why is it you can't talk about anything without pointing out your a redneck and anyone else with a differing opinion must be a liberal. It's one big bloody yawn. Why not just cut n paste the same post for everything.

And do tell Kreskin, why can't Liberals like yourself stop themselves from using words like "redneck"? Really what am I supposed to be a "blackneck"? Are you a blackneck or something?


Talk about one big bloody yawn.... or as I like to refer to it as, a moron.

Big hint for ya, just because you don't understand the difference between left and right, conservative and liberal, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Really, read up on it.


Put the drink down, go and spend sometime with your kids...they might teach you something. And when you’re done with that I expect an apology for using racially explicit terms with me like redneck. K?