[tajen]

And French bombings. Yeah I know our forces are ridiculous and it sounds patriotic to request to be named when we participate to a war. But every French home who pays the income tax spent about 800€ to bomb Syria in 2015, out of the 2300€ average of income tax, so please include us ;)

[buzzdenver]

That sounds way off. Way less than 25% of tax revenues go towards the military (more like 2% in Europe). Then the bombing campaign must be a fraction of that.

[acveilleux]

Income tax total for France was 57B euros. The employer (payroll) tax isn't counted in there. Nor are some of the other social charges. It's a progressive tax designed to keep low-earning households from paying much, if any, income tax.

[tajen]

French ministry of defense is 32b€. You can't move an aircraft carrier without submarines and destroyers, you can't move a fleet without the satellites, you can't do anything without headquarters. We are currently active in 2 wars and present in a lot more places, but without wars, there'd be no need of a big headquartets; so how would you, yourself, make a honest pro rata of the cost of each war?

Then income tax is 20m homes, avg 2300€ per home.

[nextweek2]

NATO membership requests 2% of GDP be spent on defence.

The person you were replying to specifically stated income tax to highlight their point.

[buzzdenver]

I hear you, but that's a disingenuous argument unless you have a reason to say that income tax is somehow tied together with the bombing raids.

[umanwizard]

France spent a third of its budget on bombing Syria? Seriously?

[seren]

The income tax is a tiny part of France budget. Most of its revenue is a combination of VAT, energy tax, corporate taxes, etc.

[umanwizard]

So what does it mean to say that the EUR 800 came from income tax? Doesn't everything (mostly) just go into one general fund?