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  • @Snail_With_a_Shotgun
    @Snail_With_a_Shotgun 6 ปีที่แล้ว +901

    I had a huge laugh going through the document for my country. Grenades fell under the same category as soap, the tax for nuclear reactors was 11%, but spaceships were basically a bargain at just 9.3%, despite our country being in a terrible geological location for a rocket launch and the rocket itself not even being listed in the document. There's some real gold in there.

    • @teli6350
      @teli6350 6 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      Snail With a Shotgun grenades... nuclear reactors... spaceships... high latitude... Do you live in Russia?
      But 11% tax on nuclear reactors seems nice, I'm going to buy one and put in in my garden to piss off my neighbours and have support for electric cars on it so I can escape roughly 2€/3$ per litre gasoline prices! Actually, you know what!? I'm going to put my nuclear reactor INSIDE the electric car and drive around the world nonstop for a gazillion years with totally safe levels of gamma radiation!
      Edit: OK what the nonsensical h*** did I just write?

    • @coolmasterx5707
      @coolmasterx5707 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Snail With a Shotgun you can use soap to make bombs.

    • @thCentury-rx9di
      @thCentury-rx9di 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Professorbairos lol

    • @CraftQueenJr
      @CraftQueenJr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      What country so I can read this?

    • @RussianSmacker
      @RussianSmacker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Looks like he is czech.

  • @yakovgolyadkin
    @yakovgolyadkin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +950

    Before anyone mentions that there are tons of Toyota pickup trucks driving around the US: they built a factory in Texas in the early 2000s which makes all of them, therefore they aren't subject to the tax.

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Have you seen Toyota Tacoma and Tundra trucks?... Those things will not die by any means.

    • @zane9464
      @zane9464 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      MarloSoBalJr Gaming My parent’s Sequoia was bought 2 months before I was born. Damn thing still drives.

    • @guillermogutierrez-santana4446
      @guillermogutierrez-santana4446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So to buy American made cars... you buy them from Japanese companies instead of American companies? Wtf capitalism.

    • @bottypaige8165
      @bottypaige8165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Some of the ones made my American companies are made in Mexico or Canada too. Thanks nafta.

    • @boulderbash19700209
      @boulderbash19700209 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@guillermogutierrez-santana4446 Capitalism? The reason for all of these is goverment and their taxes.

  • @idontwantahandlebruh
    @idontwantahandlebruh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2829

    2:28 "American chicken" *shows eagle*

    • @1990Judson
      @1990Judson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +322

      It is the american bald eagle, one of the smallest eagles in the world and it mostly eats fish. So it is basically a glorified seagull.

    • @idontwantahandlebruh
      @idontwantahandlebruh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Some Guy no its a chicken😂

    • @zelivira
      @zelivira 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Some Guy Bald Eagles across the world = Roasted

    • @meajur
      @meajur 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      My script writing teacher one wrote about a bald eagle that thought it was a chicken. I wish I was making that up.

    • @varkokonyi
      @varkokonyi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      blame the animator

  • @General_Ace
    @General_Ace 5 ปีที่แล้ว +712

    - Germany taxes American chicken so that Germans will eat European chicken...
    - And suddenly no more foreign trucks in America...
    The butterfly effect at it's finest.

    • @cristobalcaro3392
      @cristobalcaro3392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Chicken effect in action

    • @Fede_uyz
      @Fede_uyz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Better put:
      Guy shoots a political figure, alliances kick in, war is fought, due to being the main part of the losing side, germany is blamed. Said blame is used by a guy who had a grudge against jews to get into power, uses said blame to ALSO justify a war of agression. Said wsr leaves germany destroyed. Germans start eating lots of chicken from the US as its the one main producer not ravaged by war, germany places a tax in foreign chicken. This angries farmers in the states and a revenge tax is placed on trucks. And now there are no foreign trucks in the US.
      Ergo:
      Serbian sympathizer shoots the heir of Austria hungary and now the US has almost no german trucks.

    • @irishjet2687
      @irishjet2687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ehh...there's actually a very direct line events there. Usually, the butterfly effect has a ton more steps, almost like a Rube Goldberg machine.

    • @Fede_uyz
      @Fede_uyz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@irishjet2687 check my previous comment. Still rather simple smbut stil

    • @irishjet2687
      @irishjet2687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also, I was going to say that it killed off non-American trucks EVERYWHERE, but I decided I'd quickly do a Google search to prevent embarrassing myself. Holy crap, there are so many cool trucks we Americans are missing out on! Like the Ford Falcon, which is basically Ford's version of the old El Camino and only sold in Australia, or the Mazda BT-50, or the Renault Alaskan!

  • @halfasinteresting
    @halfasinteresting  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3035

    Can someone tell me how to do taxes plz

    • @maddin95k1
      @maddin95k1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      Move to the middle of the ocean so you don't have to pay them.

    • @Bluedragon2513
      @Bluedragon2513 6 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      How to do taxes:
      Look up "How to do taxes" on Google/ -Bing-
      Do your taxes
      ???
      Profit

    • @bonelesswatermelon420
      @bonelesswatermelon420 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Ask that Sam guy

    • @everydaysurvival8637
      @everydaysurvival8637 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Well, just don't do it!
      Not that it is illegal... Right?!

    • @fred_e
      @fred_e 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You see, Sergei. When do the taxes like this, never will you pay too much

  • @MetallicMutalisk
    @MetallicMutalisk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +445

    How exactly do you even "do" taxes? In my country the government does them for you and you only need to correct them if something is different from their report

    • @jur4x
      @jur4x 6 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Triturate, I guess you are neither an employer, nor self-employed. But if you are simple employee in... most of Europe (including both EU and EEA members present and leaving, fully or partially located on European continent), then yes, it is simple. Your income tax is deducted from your salary automatically, and you don't need to worry about it.

    • @Jake-sw3ss
      @Jake-sw3ss 6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      If you do not file your taxes yourself in the U.S., than your taxes will not be done. You may owe or not get your refund. Also it is up to you to find and claim your deductions. The government will not help you. There are tax services like H&R Block and Turbo Tax that will help you file for about $40. You need to have records of all money you made through the year. You can do it all yourself for free, but the chances you will mess up and pay too much or not enough are high.

    • @Theo_Caro
      @Theo_Caro 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Triturate In the US, you have to file a tax return, which is just a form which states all of your income from over the year, and various deductions and exemptions that you may be able to claim. You send this paperwork into the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by April 15th. They check that you aren't claiming anything you aren't allowed to claim, and they send checks out (or you send them money) to sort out the difference. It's more complicated than that and is generally a giant headache.

    • @leftfootfirstpolitics
      @leftfootfirstpolitics 6 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      In the US, we do our own taxes because the government is in the pocket of private companies like TurboTax, which sell essential assistance with filing taxes for a profit. Most of us don't know how bad we're getting screwed in so many areas of life.

    • @amazon_kai
      @amazon_kai 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That can easily be done in America, but the government is lazy.

  • @thestateofalaska
    @thestateofalaska 6 ปีที่แล้ว +791

    I'm gonna name my first born the entire US tax code

    • @milindbordia
      @milindbordia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ in 20 years you’re gonna regret this

    • @cammybnintendo6428
      @cammybnintendo6428 6 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      Will you change his name every time they change the tax code, or just let his name go out of date?

    • @SebAnders
      @SebAnders 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Nah just call them Deathan Taxes (surname).

    • @santic.8120
      @santic.8120 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      well im gonna name mine all the dead memes in existence

    • @brandonplowman3949
      @brandonplowman3949 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      You can get that name banned and then ban taxes forever

  • @MorganJServices
    @MorganJServices 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    As an accountant who HATES tax season, I found this video thoroughly entertaining and even laugh out loud hilarious at points. Thank you for creating!!!

  • @NathanRL
    @NathanRL 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1313

    What is this? A tax code for ants?

    • @jasonnelson5745
      @jasonnelson5745 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      No. It's a real tax system

    • @LisaBowers
      @LisaBowers 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Nathanh1223 It needs to be at least... three times bigger than this!

    • @commoncoolchannel8588
      @commoncoolchannel8588 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No.It's a tax system for midgets. America's is for giants.

    • @WJames-nq2df
      @WJames-nq2df 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The tax code needs to be at least... 3x bigger than this!

    • @kaiserwigglesiii2369
      @kaiserwigglesiii2369 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nathanh1223 quality shitposting

  • @unprofesionel
    @unprofesionel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +647

    the abrupt ending makes the video seem a bit incomplete

    • @sebastianelytron8450
      @sebastianelytron8450 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And made me hit the dislike button

    • @bennylofgren3208
      @bennylofgren3208 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I've always wondered how life is for people without humor. You guys must have a blast...

    • @Pyotyrpyotyrpyotyr
      @Pyotyrpyotyrpyotyr 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      it is less than 5 mins long!

    • @RubenLensvelt
      @RubenLensvelt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A bit incomplete, like my tax form.

    • @tennicktenstyl
      @tennicktenstyl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yeah, it seems rushed, like he made half of the video then slapped the sponsor message and called it a day

  • @vesteel
    @vesteel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +938

    TL:DW Chickens made economy complicated

  • @MythicalRedFox
    @MythicalRedFox 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Man, I can't believe you made this video without mentioning the Subaru Brat! Subaru put laughable plastic seats in the cargo bed of their pickup truck in order to avoid this tax, but eventually the Feds caught on and said no, that's a truck.
    This tax is responsible for one of the quirkiest car designs in history.

  • @Heliosphere
    @Heliosphere 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1568

    Late video? I blame the animator.

    • @sebastianelytron8450
      @sebastianelytron8450 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Care to name and shame him/her?

    • @thenotflatearth2714
      @thenotflatearth2714 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I blame the capitalist pigs

    • @WJames-nq2df
      @WJames-nq2df 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I blame taxation as it is (of course) theft.

    • @NolePTR
      @NolePTR 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      r/killthecameraman

    • @SdoubleA
      @SdoubleA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      W. James How else would you provide services though?

  • @43615
    @43615 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    2:28
    _picture of bald eagle_
    "...american chicken."

  • @avisflowermountain8004
    @avisflowermountain8004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I´m currently writing an essay about this problem. The thing is just, I am from Germany. And this is so funny! "To make german farmers happy", loved that! Thank you for brightening up my day

  • @Twitchi
    @Twitchi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I feel this one could EASILY been 5x as long with no repetition and many many examples of loop holes etc...

  • @AboboKing
    @AboboKing 6 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    Complex taxes - brought to you by tax preparation companies and large corporations with teams of lawyers.
    Heavin forbid we have a flat import tax with no exemptions as the only federal tax. It's much better to track every sale, every wage, every capital gains, and every little detail, and navigate through a complex web of laws so the connected can avoid paying anything.

    • @zelivira
      @zelivira 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      AboboKing What do you know, anime avatar?

    • @Kranox
      @Kranox 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I don't know what's funnier, the fact that you actually bothered sharing your opinion about taxes anyways, or that I know exactly where your avatar comes from.

    • @AboboKing
      @AboboKing 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Anthony Deen -- it's kinda hard to not rant against taxes when you're still filling out countless spreadsheets of crypto trades and every last advertising penny and subscription from websites I run. It's a massive waste of time that with tax reforms could be eliminated. So yeah, I'm gonna rant against the tax structure if given the chance.

    • @seneca983
      @seneca983 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      "Heavin forbid we have a flat import tax with no exemptions as the only federal tax."
      Yes, imports are certainly not a good tax base. Consumption is much better.

    • @AboboKing
      @AboboKing 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      seneca983 The arguments I've read for import or import/export tariffs are that it would result in only larger companies that deal with international trade having to deal with taxes. Something like a federal sales tax would force every single business owner to have to collect and report every last sale. A tarrif model, like the country used before the income tax, would make only those involved in internatinal trade have to do the paperwork, and usually, those are larger companies not mom and pop shops.

  • @neilmoulang90
    @neilmoulang90 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    That's right, American chicken is actually bald eagle

  • @SimonS44
    @SimonS44 6 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    “West Germany...” shows GDR-built East German/East Berlin metro

    • @patrick_test123
      @patrick_test123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      SimonHellinger wasn't it the S-Bahn that was operated by the 'Reichsbahn' ?

    • @SimonS44
      @SimonS44 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      well the S-Bahn in East Berlin was obviously operated by GDR’s Reichsbahn, as was West Berlin’s S-Bahn until 1984. However, apart from the S-Bahn, both parts of Berlin still had a metro system (U-Bahn) and the train briefly shown in this is a “Gisela” train built from 1974 for East Berlin’s line that is now part of U2.

    • @Hauketal
      @Hauketal 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Spamme Loop Correct, before unification the S-Bahn was operated by the (eastern) Reichsbahn. The U-Bahn network was split in two separate nets.

    • @patrick_test123
      @patrick_test123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jens Schmidt so the U-Bahn might be in West Berlin which is West-Germany (kinda).

    • @wwhattt
      @wwhattt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It might be intentional since he showed an eagle when he said chicken.

  • @andersonklein3587
    @andersonklein3587 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Amazing video. Oh Switzerland, so much the world could learn from you.

  • @kristiankho
    @kristiankho 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    By now I think by now I've watched 20 amazingly smooth ad transitions from your channels alone. Fuck it, I'm getting a skillshare account.

  • @HipsterKitteh
    @HipsterKitteh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I know I'm late, but you really should have mentioned the Subaru Brat. It's a small pickup that was imported to the US with two cheap, plastic, backwards seats bolted into the bed. That way it could be classified as a passenger car, and buyers could easily remove the seats themselves to get the full use of the truck.

  • @AdamvanAlderwerelt
    @AdamvanAlderwerelt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Thanks man. I actually learned something about taxes today. Just another failure of American economic policy. no big surprise! If our tax code was 92 pages, I'd read it all myself and do my own taxes!

    • @Fiiischinator
      @Fiiischinator 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Adam V people don't do their own taxes in the us?

    • @Theo_Caro
      @Theo_Caro 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      It depends. For people who don't own basically anything (like if you are a high school that still lives with your parents), then doing your taxes is simple and you can do yourself. However. for most americans doing your own taxes would end up causing you to loose out on deductions you could have made (i.e. paying more tax than you have to). Thus many people with hire a tax professional to figure it out for them.

    • @daeseongkim93
      @daeseongkim93 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fiiischinator we mostly do it online through easy tax programs like TurboTax or have a tax preparer (3rd party) to file it for us

    • @bennylofgren3208
      @bennylofgren3208 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Here in Sweden, I get a pre-filled in tax statement in the mail (electronically if so desired). Then I verify the numbers are correct, add any additional deductions and sign it electronically. It takes less than five minutes unless you own companies or property and need additional forms. Then it might take ten. A few weeks later, if I have paid too much in preliminary tax, I get a tax refund deposited to my account. Or I get a bill for the rest if I my employer hadn't deducted enough from my monthly salary payments. Easy, streamlined, efficient, inexpensive; for the people as well as for the government. Win-win. And no need for expensive tax accountants or lawyers.

    • @Fiiischinator
      @Fiiischinator 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Seems to be quite a huge market for it if regular people can't do it themselves. We from Switzerland generally do it ourselves if we aren't self employed.

  • @ChrisThorntonUK
    @ChrisThorntonUK 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The first UK building you show has its windows boarded up just because it's no longer in use, to stop people/large animals/etc from getting in. It actually looks like a small railway station (they have a distinct architectural style over here, and many were abandoned during the Beeching Cuts of the 1960s), which suggests it was probably built *after* the window tax was abolished. Generally speaking, it's windows which have been *walled* up with brick/stone which were the ones hit by the window tax.

  • @bestgameplay831
    @bestgameplay831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Netherlands mostly fills in everything for you so it takes like 15 minutes tops

  • @nimblesheepvenomous3811
    @nimblesheepvenomous3811 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was kinda expecting a massive 10 hour long video going over every single one of those 3000 pages

  • @Tehnodinaroid
    @Tehnodinaroid 6 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Go to the Andromeda Galaxy to avoid taxes.

    • @keisuketakahasi4584
      @keisuketakahasi4584 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      in europe most dont have to do taxes. some have to, some do it to get money back.

  • @rparl
    @rparl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At one time New Orleans taxed road frontage, so that produced the Shotgun house. At another time they taxed based on the number of rooms. This included closets. So the armoir (sp?) became popular, as it was a free-standing sub for a closet.

  • @woestewouter96
    @woestewouter96 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    0:16
    The Netherlands has the deadline on May 1st, not April 1st.
    The April 1st deadline is for foreigners living in the Netherlands.

    • @hoihoi1312
      @hoihoi1312 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      woestewouter96 The Dutch tax agency guarantees a response before the first of July if you submitted your tax filing before April 1. If you submit it after April 1 it might take some more time to get a response

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      True. It is "1 April" or "the 1st of April" here though, because we're Europeans and don't use some utterly mind-bogglingly idiotic non-sequential date format... If the year comes after the month, then the day must come before the month.

    • @hoihoi1312
      @hoihoi1312 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Robert Faber I'm European (Dutch) too, I was just trying to get a message across. I personally agree with sequential date formatting (I don't care if it's d/m/y or y/m/d) but when the names of the month are literally spelled out I think order doesn't matter because there'll be no confusion between days and months

  • @tho1st
    @tho1st 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think this topic deserves a full-length video.

  • @daisiesforghosts
    @daisiesforghosts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I work in customs brokerage and this just felt like a training video 😂

  • @richardemms3050
    @richardemms3050 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The response to the window tax went two ways. Some people boarded up their windows to pay less tax, others built places with even more windows to show off how rich they were.

  • @irl_zulu
    @irl_zulu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    4:03 Does skillshare has a course on listening to and understanding 3 different audios at once? If it does I'm buying it 100%

  • @zbee_
    @zbee_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was the single best sponsorship transition I have ever seen, dear God that was funny. I love this channel, keep it up!

  • @mydogspillow
    @mydogspillow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Another great video! I just wish it was longer...

    • @Mksterk1998
      @Mksterk1998 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daniel T He should have slowed down a little.

    • @Only.D.G.
      @Only.D.G. 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daniel T That's what she said to me :(

    • @wdmckee
      @wdmckee 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daniel T noooo. I watched it because it was under 5 min. I don't have time for 10 min videos.

    • @mydogspillow
      @mydogspillow 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can understand that, maybe there needs to be an extended version as well :)

    • @marekmichalovic8711
      @marekmichalovic8711 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Longer? Like 3,713 minutes long?

  • @coolbrotherf127
    @coolbrotherf127 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Having a lot of laws is good for covering all your bases, but makes revision almost impossible. Even if the giant document is a problem, it's too much of a pain to actually go through and change things.

  • @thisguy153
    @thisguy153 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Welll the chicken tax did give us the super awesome Subaru Brat

    • @ReedHarston
      @ReedHarston 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I came to the comment section soley to make sure someone made this comment. Thank you sir. If TH-cam let me give you more thumbs up I would, but they don't, so here are a few more. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @thunderedt
      @thunderedt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The rear ejector seats are the best

  • @AndrewVaughanOfficial
    @AndrewVaughanOfficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    FUN FACT: Houses are taxed in Greece if they are completed, so houses there will have rebar sticking out or useless incomplete features so the houses appear to be still under construction

  • @whengchung90
    @whengchung90 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Half As Interesting probably learned how you be this good at sponsorship segues through Skillshare

  • @vrajasenan
    @vrajasenan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The window tax mentioned at the end is often stated as the origin of the term 'daylight robbery'.

  • @praedyth9718
    @praedyth9718 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When the music came on, I thought I was watching a Sugar Pine 7 Video

  • @Faridun2801
    @Faridun2801 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love these HAI videos. Keep rolling them out! All the best

  • @Djuntas
    @Djuntas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    All this is made complicated to allow people to cheat :p In Denmark as a private citizen, who just works, I don't even think you can cheat on your taxes much. We also have it fully automatic, you just gotta change your info if any changes that year online.

    • @ThSadomasohista
      @ThSadomasohista 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One way to cheat is to have your job not registered, and somehow mak a deal with a employer to go along with it. Have the money be paid in cash, while the company can have it as expenses (unless it's a public company, too bad for you then)
      I could think of some other stuff, but I'm not familiar with how Denmark works so that's where I'll finish.

    • @Djuntas
      @Djuntas 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes lol, we have loads of...Let's say immigrant stores that prefers cash...*Wink* *Wink*

    • @ThSadomasohista
      @ThSadomasohista 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Everyone does :)

  • @mraj8372
    @mraj8372 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    OH HELLS YEAH NEW HALF AS INTERESTING. It worries me just how much I fucking adore these videos, fully grown working man with real responsibilities but oh my days do I get a smile on my face. Keep up the good work man!

  • @marcosbeni5875
    @marcosbeni5875 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    0:26 And that is one of the reasons why Switzerland is richer than the United States despite being a landlocked country, having fewer natural resources and the land area of a slice of cheese.

    • @vitormelomedeiros
      @vitormelomedeiros 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Marcos Beni That is one of the reasons
      That is one *of the reasons*
      That- That- *That is one of the reasons*
      *THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS*
      ...
      *IS THAT A FUCKING RELEVANT REASON THO?*

    • @SmartAlec1
      @SmartAlec1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am always reminded by how I live in Michigan (one of the best sources of fresh, i.e. usable water on Earth) and this state manages to be mediocre.

    • @tHustr4
      @tHustr4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Marcos Beni All that Nazi gold probably helped! 😊

    • @romainsavioz5466
      @romainsavioz5466 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smug Anime Girl nope we are not rich

    • @jamier65551
      @jamier65551 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      makes sense

  • @jackblakesley2103
    @jackblakesley2103 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Subaru evaded the chicken tax by sticking seats in the bed of the BRAT in the 1970's, total genius.

  • @votarak1
    @votarak1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I did my taxes drunk on the toilet. Love it when the government makes taxes easy.

  • @GGolden2500
    @GGolden2500 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:00 The triple sponsor segues tho, thats probably the coolest way i've seen anyone do a sponsor segment.

  •  6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Škoda cars that were made in Czech Republic had their engines removed, then sent to china and mounted back in, to avoid taxes for completed vehicles but only paid taxes for vehicle parts...
    Anyway, in Czech Republic the tax system is also too complicated and stupid, there are going to be some changes (luckilly), sadly though, there are always leftists/populists that want progressive taxes, so it's considered like every 3 years :/

    • @reillywalker195
      @reillywalker195 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Milan Vosáhlo Progressive taxes are actually simple. Just ask anyone from the Netherlands.

    •  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reilly Walker They are simple, but wrong for our nation. Been living in Denmark for part of my studies and progressive taxation works well there, but we had different development so it wouldn't be good in our country

  • @robertmarder126
    @robertmarder126 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Since 2014 all Ford Transit Connect vans for the US market have been made in Valencia, Spain. The older one was made in Turkey.

  • @laserrlife
    @laserrlife 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    That Sugar Pine 7 music tho

    • @patriciosainzr
      @patriciosainzr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Holy shit

    • @JulieM11
      @JulieM11 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Omg I immediately went to the comments to see if anyone else noticed lol

  • @failedatgames
    @failedatgames ปีที่แล้ว

    Stillantis (Previously FCA and PSA) does the exact same thing with the Ram ProMaster City. Only passenger versions of the van are imported to the U.S. from their plant in Turkey where the ProMaster City is made, but the seats are taken out for cargo van customers once they reach the U.S. This only happens with the Ram version because of the import tax, its Fiat Doblo sibling dosen't have to do any of that.

  • @menachemdavid3535
    @menachemdavid3535 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The US tax code, aka “Honest Graft!”

  • @nicolewong3687
    @nicolewong3687 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Planet Money podcast actually has a really good episode regarding the chicken tax. Check out ep #632: The Chicken Tax for a more in depth explanation.

  • @ooglefluffg857
    @ooglefluffg857 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The pickup version of the '80s Subaru I bought the other day came with extra seats in the bed to get around the chicken tax. I guess the same trick only works once, unluckily for Ford. It is somewhat amusing that a tax at least partially indended to protect American automakers is now causing them problems thanks to cheap overseas manufacturing. I guess now it's an incentive for them and others to move factories to the US (which Subaru did).

    • @BJRyan-bw4ny
      @BJRyan-bw4ny 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I generally dislike the chicken tax because tariff wars are stupid but at the same time the BRAT is so fucking cool

  • @averycomer9229
    @averycomer9229 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I found this video so interesting, I wish it had been much longer.

  • @tristanmoller9498
    @tristanmoller9498 6 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    There are not many foreign pickup trucks also because foreign companies don’t produce many pickup trucks, because they aren’t driven anywhere else

    • @pauljones3017
      @pauljones3017 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It's not that they aren't used, it's just that they usually are considered almost exclusively industrial vehicles, while in the USA (and a few other countries) they usually are considered more polivalent vehicles.

    • @lebrigand4115
      @lebrigand4115 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don't remember the last time I saw a pickup truck here in Switzerland.

    • @lunayen
      @lunayen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Tristan Möller
      That's wrong. Trucks might be less popular in Europe, but the rest of the world does use trucks. Specially construction workers.

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      +Tristan Möller - That's just not true. European companies do indeed not make many pickups, but Japan churns them out at nearly as high a rate as the US does, and they export a lot of them too. You don't see many pickups driving around here in Europe, but those you do see are almost invariably Toyota Hiluxes or Nissan Navaras.

    • @DeadFox77
      @DeadFox77 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's a good bit of Toyota and Nissian pickup trucks here in the US

  • @BogdanEchoMilosevic
    @BogdanEchoMilosevic 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    No matter how uninteresting and confusing and unrelated a topic it is to me, I love your videos. Kudos to you mate!

  • @harryy7010
    @harryy7010 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Well that's a way to say "F You" for taxing Chicken.

  • @The1Image
    @The1Image 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @HalfAsInteresting The tax deadline in The Netherlands is May 1st, not April 1st. However, if you put your taxes in before April 1st, you'll sure get a response before June 1st, whereas if you do it in April you'll get it somewhere in Juli or August at the latest I believe.

  • @eugenelim6203
    @eugenelim6203 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    window tax also where the term "daylight robbery" came from

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's a nice thought, but unfortunately it's an urban myth, like so many supposed ethymologies.

  • @pocket_full_of_beans
    @pocket_full_of_beans 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Doing taxes is pretty easy in Switzerland. You can download a program that explains you step by step which numbers to fill in on which page. Deductions are calculated on the go based on your values and implemented automatically. At the end you just have to scan receipts and sign your work. Some months later you will receive your definitive tax declaration.

    • @blakedaugherty2146
      @blakedaugherty2146 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know this comment is 3 years old but I'm replying anyways. Its basically the same in the US. Sure the tax code is complicated but for your average American it isn't. I usually just get everything together, then file it all electronically using one of the variously available programs; usually takes less than an hour. The programs does everything for you, all we do is enter our forms.

  • @NotFlappy12
    @NotFlappy12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    [insert unoriginal comment about being early]

    • @nedbowden9299
      @nedbowden9299 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      [Insert unoriginal comment about how that's unoriginal and that you should get off the internet followed by insults]

    • @youngrazon9564
      @youngrazon9564 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      [insert unoriginal comment about how your political ideology is more important even thought this comment isn't political]

    • @Theo_Caro
      @Theo_Caro 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      [insert unoriginal comment that asks "But isn't everything political, really?"]

    • @EditEraseRewrite
      @EditEraseRewrite 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      [insert unoriginal comment about it being a reasonable time or even really late where I live and that you should respect the existence of mostly-arbitrary time zones]

    • @kickitoldskool
      @kickitoldskool 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mage craft
      Looks like you’re first, so you get a Crown: 👑

  • @kasenratliff1832
    @kasenratliff1832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always see Chevy, Ram, and Dodge pickups!

  • @rudyossanchez
    @rudyossanchez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Toyota tacoma,Nissan frontier. Plenty of them around.

    • @rudyossanchez
      @rudyossanchez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes. They are made here in the states

    • @hanslee1133
      @hanslee1133 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not sure...but I don't think they tax Japanese vehicles?

    • @bandombeviews6035
      @bandombeviews6035 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      They do. Toyota and nissan figured "Well, if we are going to be taxed 25% on every truck, then why not build them in the U.S. and save some money? So, they did.

    • @myerswin856
      @myerswin856 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      To be fair literally the only recognizable domestically available Japanese pickup is the Toyota Hilux, literally no other manufacturer even offers anything that could be considered not industrial. The Toyota Hilux is not sold in the US.

    • @samin90
      @samin90 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not exactly foreign vehicles when they're made in America

  • @GeorgeSorrell
    @GeorgeSorrell 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is such a good channel. Even the ad for the sponsor at the end is funny

  • @ASLUHLUHCE
    @ASLUHLUHCE 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This video was a little light

    • @Theo_Caro
      @Theo_Caro 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's only half as interesting as Wendover videos. *cough*

  • @krombopulos_michael
    @krombopulos_michael 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Complicated taxes can come about for two reasons. One is that simple tax codes tend to not be that fair to everyone (usually benefitting the richest more than the rest) but also due to lobbying because someone wants a special exception for themselves, or wants their competitors penalised so they don't have to compete (which is basically every tariff). Or sometimes its just lobbying by tax firms like H&R Block because if taxes were easier they would lose customers.

  • @MaximillionBucks
    @MaximillionBucks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm dead serious that the chicken tax repeal would be my first act if I became president/ in power. BRING BACK THE IMPORT MINI TRUCK.

    • @MaximillionBucks
      @MaximillionBucks 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zeksteve Even more reason to destroy it. All the other provisions were already removed, so why not just take the next step and wipe it.

  • @eugenebean234
    @eugenebean234 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can’t help but think of sugarpine 7 with that background music at the beginning and end

  • @loonjms6660
    @loonjms6660 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    why has nobody commented yet the comment he typed out at 3:17?!?!?!

    • @lego501stTrigger
      @lego501stTrigger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I did, but someone probably beat me to the punch

  • @Racing_Fox413
    @Racing_Fox413 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That truck tax states it’s applied only to petrol powered piston engined trucks so diesel (compression ignition) trucks would be exempt

  • @5thcrusader424
    @5thcrusader424 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Feudalism is the best economic system
    *_CHANGE MY MIND_*

    • @lvxorx4230
      @lvxorx4230 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      5th Crusader Deus Vult

    • @SmartAlec1
      @SmartAlec1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Crusaders don't ascend to heaven as "though shall not kill"

    • @5thcrusader424
      @5thcrusader424 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Smart Alec We go because the pope said so

    • @Brooo007MC
      @Brooo007MC 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Easy.
      Feudalism is a system of government, not a taxation system.
      All feudal lords did tax their denizens, but the laws about taxes were a part of the law of the realm, and differed from county to county, from duchy to duchy and from kingdom to kingdom.

    • @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447
      @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pay me 20 Coppers a month and I won't have you thrown in the Oubliette, got it peasant?

  • @florisluiking6113
    @florisluiking6113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a European, take my word there are no Chrysler or GM cars here. Never even heard of it.

  • @Dhjaru
    @Dhjaru 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Smh, your last video was 27 minutes long and Half As Interesting is supposed to upload around half as long videos. So then i expect a 15 minutes long Half As Interesting video. smh

    • @bennylofgren3208
      @bennylofgren3208 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dhjaru Still, by an amazing coincidence, you got EXACTLY what you paid for viewing this free video on TH-cam. Isn't that remarkable!

    • @hanslee1133
      @hanslee1133 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol now he's gonna make a 5 min video with a 10 minute sponsor segment by Skillshare/Squarespace...

  • @SahilPatel-iu1ce
    @SahilPatel-iu1ce 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    My country charges 18% service Tax on Udacity courses. I am planning to take a nano degree course there and it costs around $400 + around $70 service tax. It's really crazy. Eating in restaurants comes in 3% tax bracket. According to my government eating in fancy restaurants is considered a necessity and education is something only rich people do.

  • @Manavine
    @Manavine 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is ridiculous I hate taxes and anyways you're stupud for covering this subject anyway your channel isn't funny your jokes aren't funny and anyways this is stupid I hate taxes I hate the government I hate the media I hate everyone why can't everyone just think the same as me and the world would be so much better for it this is such a stupid law/channel/video/voice/bad editing/ you're wrong and uninformed and misinformed besides why can't we just not have taxes or government or trade and all just live together in harmony alternatively we could have taxes and no free trade and an authoritarian system of government but on the other hand maybe democracy is kind of underrated these days or on the other hand we could just collectivise ownership of the means of production OR alternatively we could just start wwiii and be done with the whole thing and start from the beginning how does that sound guys?

  • @corvettez06usa
    @corvettez06usa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The response to the chicken tax is one of the most American responses I've heard in a long while. And at this point in my life I've learned to embrace our arrogance and give it a thumbs up.

  • @user-fs1uc8yv8i
    @user-fs1uc8yv8i 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    TAXATION IS THEFT !!:a!:d!a:!!a!df:a!d:a!da!!!

    • @Theo_Caro
      @Theo_Caro 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah but living in the state of nature would be worse so shut it.

    • @pauljones3017
      @pauljones3017 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @T.H. Caro: you look a lot less sarcastic than the original poster.

    • @hoihoi1312
      @hoihoi1312 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      blank nope

    • @moth.monster
      @moth.monster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Insert angry comment that misses the joke here

    • @user-fs1uc8yv8i
      @user-fs1uc8yv8i 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah thought that the full caps plus random typing at the end would be a good enough disclaimer but looks like i was wrong

  • @kingjames4886
    @kingjames4886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    probably because cross-country skis are recreational equipment while downhill skis are sporting equipment...

  • @reese76man
    @reese76man 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Half as interesting... twice as depressing. Taxation is theft. :(

    • @IkeOkerekeNews
      @IkeOkerekeNews 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Corey Badeaux
      False.

    • @dannyboyneverdies3437
      @dannyboyneverdies3437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Taxes pay for our basic needs. Yes, gigantically complicated tax codes like the US's are stupid. No, this doesn't mean that we should give up all of our roads, schools, healthcare, and basic government functions because you're salty about having a little less cash on hand.

    • @NotQuiteFirst
      @NotQuiteFirst 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ike Okereke
      True.

    • @xavierevans6931
      @xavierevans6931 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Daniel Stewart healthcare? In thought this was 'merica

    • @piet0
      @piet0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tax the greedy not the needy. Vote communist party.

  • @vonnickk
    @vonnickk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shout out to TH-cam for teaching me what my social studies teachers don’t, I prayyyyy I can pass this essay

  • @lubonm
    @lubonm 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just for the record - actual Transit Connect is manufactured in Valencia, Spain.

  • @lbramjools
    @lbramjools 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The window tax led to the common expression "daylight robbery".

  • @jeffreyskoritowski4114
    @jeffreyskoritowski4114 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    For about 25 years compact pickup trucks manufactured in Japan were very popular with American's. Toyota still manufactures full size models in Texas. The reason you don't see many import light trucks is American full size models were and are more popular than similar Asian models(for example, the Ford F series vs the Nissan Titan) ,and the market for compact pickup trucks evaporated about ten years ago.

  • @bobbyferg9173
    @bobbyferg9173 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn 3 ad transitions at once is surprisingly convincing

  • @pierferekatze2370
    @pierferekatze2370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:22 and the Netherlands treats their taxes as an April Fools' joke...

  • @Togher01
    @Togher01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You got to love on how he brings in his sponsors. :p

  • @kanyemidwest293
    @kanyemidwest293 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    after that segway x3, I'm sold.

  • @mattyphilpotts3745
    @mattyphilpotts3745 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a brit, the idea of 'doing taxes' is so weird. We literally just get a deduction on our payslip each month. Then at the end of the year, if anything was wrong you get an adjustment. Proper weird

  • @zeljkothegreekserb
    @zeljkothegreekserb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yay, another Skillshare ad, havent' seen one of those in seconds...

  • @mybackhurts7020
    @mybackhurts7020 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was the best Skillshare ads I've seen yet

  • @strigare
    @strigare 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is crazy for me. In Chile taxes are submitted electronically and takes roughly 5 minutes for 90% of the population.

  • @saturnotaku
    @saturnotaku 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Toyota Tacoma is, by far, the best-selling "compact" (I use that term somewhat loosely) pickup in the US. It, the Honda Ridgeline and Nissan Frontier are all assembled in the US in order to avoid the chicken tax. The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans are shipped in pieces from Germany and put together in a plant in South Carolina.

  • @adeptusvoxradio
    @adeptusvoxradio 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This vídeos has the best ad segway ever

  • @supreetarora9538
    @supreetarora9538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Half as interesting is the king of insults and repeating phrases

  • @sadface
    @sadface 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Idea for video: Why do the tiles used in drop-ceilings look the same no matter where you are in the world?

  • @Kresh42
    @Kresh42 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I first learned about the Chicken Tax from Regular Car Reviews.

  • @mikailuscinema
    @mikailuscinema 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What adds to the complications is the language in which the law is written.

  • @zukacs
    @zukacs 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Planet Money of NPR had a really nice episode on this, with interview with industry leader