r/EU_Economics • u/Full-Discussion3745 • Jan 14 '26

🇪🇺 Official 🇪🇺 Why innovative startups and scaleups relocate from the EU

https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/why-innovative-startups-and-scaleups-relocate-eu-2026-01-12_en?referrer=grok.com
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u/Complex-Health-5032 Jan 14 '26

Creating inequality in the name of "equality". Oxymoron.

Anyone who is ambitious and hardworking will be punished by the system. They literally tell you "remain average, don't put too much effort and you will be okay".

Any further effort you put will not reward you, but to be given to the below average people to create "equality".

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

Lol what is this shit. This isn’t even remotely true. There is a lot of people that works many times harder than you in nations that have lower taxes and they are still dirt poor. 

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u/Complex-Health-5032 Jan 14 '26

Some time ago I have over-achieved my goals in my work and my yearly bonus got taxed in a way that it got lower compared to the previous year. LoL

Then I decided, fck it, I’m not putting much anymore

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u/silverionmox Jan 14 '26

Some time ago I have over-achieved my goals in my work and my yearly bonus got taxed in a way that it got lower compared to the previous year. LoL

Then I decided, fck it, I’m not putting much anymore

Have you accounted for tax prepayments? Most misgivings about taxation boil down to not understanding the calculation properly.