" EU average is lower than the current US corporate tax rate." Eeastern European countries generally have very low tax rates which brings the average down. Ot

" EU average is lower than the current US corporate tax rate." Eeastern European countries generally have very low tax rates which brings the average down. Otherwise they are 'ballpark similar' [1] But that's only one source of taxation. As for the rest, they are very, very high in Europe. I think the issues are probably in efficiencies across the board, more than redistribution at this point. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_rates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_rates