Growing Tax Burden for the Wealthiest

     The economic of the whole world is implicated by the economic of the United States.
A few weeks ago, Obama fought for fiscal cliff and striving for getting agreement with the Republican.
Finally, he made an agreement with the Republican and launch the new tax increasing plan.

According to this new plan, only the highest-earning Americans will be influenced, with about 99.3 percent of households experiencing no change in their income taxes. But the Tax Policy Center estimates that the average family in the top 1 percent will pay a federal tax rate of more than 36 percent this year, up from 28 percent in 2008. That is the highest rate since 1979.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/05/business/after-fiscal-deal-tax-code-may-be-most-progressive-since-1979.html?hp

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/05/business/growing-tax-burden-for-the-wealthiest.html?ref=business

Not only the United States, France also released the tax increasing plan. It seems becoming a trend.
Therefore, let's talk about the latest news this week.

How do you feel about the economic of the world now?
Are you afraid of Financial tsunami of 2008 happened again?
What's you idea of the future (since 2012 not the end of the world....)?
What's your opinion on tax system in Taiwan?