Germany has a 49.3% tax wedge because of having free community college. As of right now, the United States’ tax wedge sits at 31.5% (Jackson). That’s a ten percent increase that the citizens of the United States could be looking at. In 2012, colleges collected over sixty-two billion dollars from undergrads (Weissmann). Which is above the proposed budget that it supposed to last for ten years. The only way the United States could afford to do that would be to make cuts and increase taxes. Is that really going to benefit the United States when the cost of living is already so
Germany has a 49.3% tax wedge because of having free community college. As of right now, the United States’ tax wedge sits at 31.5% (Jackson). That’s a ten percent increase that the citizens of the United States could be looking at. In 2012, colleges collected over sixty-two billion dollars from undergrads (Weissmann). Which is above the proposed budget that it supposed to last for ten years. The only way the United States could afford to do that would be to make cuts and increase taxes. Is that really going to benefit the United States when the cost of living is already so