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Total taxation is at 26% of GDP in the U.S., 34% in much of the rest of the developed world. http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-do-us-taxes-compa
by torstenvl 9y ago
Total taxation is at 26% of GDP in the U.S., 34% in much of the rest of the developed world.
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-do-us-taxes-compare-internationally http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-do-us-taxes...
- walshemj 9y agois that including health care costs? I don't think so from what my expat friends tell me
- observation 9y agoAre you sure Tax Policy Center can be trusted? Those numbers seem very low for Ireland. I'm willing to be wrong but something seems very off here.
- ab5tract 9y agoIreland is a notorious tax haven.
- observation 9y agoThat is so, I think probably taxation as a measure of GDP is too dubious a measure for connecting up with a normal person's experience of taxation, in the ideal world they should be related but evidently the devil is in the detail.