Why only 2% of Chinese pay any income tax
Many here are wondering how the chinese government can finance itself when so few people pay income tax. There are many ways for a government to raise funds besides the income tax. People forget that we didn't have income tax in the US for much of our history and a few states still have no income tax.We've become indoctrinated into thinking income tax is the norm. Nobody questions it but for much of US history, people viewed taxing work as an evil. And income taxes was a temporary tax instituted to fund wars ( civil war ). For most of american history, we didn't pay income tax.