>...for the highest brackets. The US has a more progressive tax system than just about any OECD country. Those northern European countries no longer have the

>...for the highest brackets. The US has a more progressive tax system than just about any OECD country. Those northern European countries no longer have the close to 100% confiscatory tax rates they sometimes had because they end up hurting the country - what they do have are high effective rates that much of the country pays.