Without doing the research to prove it http://www.photius.com/rankings/tax_burden_country_ranks_2009.html http://www.photius.com/rankings/tax_burden_country_ra

Without doing the research to prove it http://www.photius.com/rankings/tax_burden_country_ranks_2009.html http://www.photius.com/rankings/tax_burden_country_ranks_200... You'll notice that US/NYC is 21 and US/IL (where I'm at) is 35. You should also notice that many of the >35 burdens have a large VAT/Sales Tax which has less impact on the top 1% of earners. Again, I'm not an expert in these matters. And, in any giving country the professor may be paying more in taxes. However, to systematically dismiss the tax burden of the United States because we have a low income tax isn't taking the full picture into account.