That depends on what kind of work you do. All over the world the average worker is getting paid far less decade by decade if you account for inflation. Is that

That depends on what kind of work you do. All over the world the average worker is getting paid far less decade by decade if you account for inflation. Is that really a problem with taxes? Or is that a problem of the ever expanding wealth gap? Assuming the salary for your job had kept up with inflation, and that you got a fair share of the productivity gains over the past few decades, you would be above the poverty line. But let's say your taxes could be reduced to something like 40%. Obviously some public services would have to go away. I certainly wouldn't want that to be medical care or public education. Maybe in your country there are problems with corruption and the taxes aren't be used very effectively? Again, that's not a tax problem, that's a corruption problem. If you were getting the benefit of those services, it would be less money out of your pocket and you would have more to spend. > currently just socialist I would also be careful with this category. There is no European country that is socialist. They are all capitalist, with private industry making up the bulk of the economy. There are a few social safety nets and services. But that's not socialism, is it?