I'm from Portugal, afaik we get taxed a lot more than you. For reference, the minimum wage is ~700€. See the prices: - We pay a lot more for cars, for example

I'm from Portugal, afaik we get taxed a lot more than you. For reference, the minimum wage is ~700€. See the prices: - We pay a lot more for cars, for example a 20000€ car in Germany costs 25000-30000€ in Portugal. After acquiring a car, depending on the engine capacity you pay more taxes (if you get a after-2010 car). For example, I drive a BMW 316d from 2017 and I pay 250€ anually to the state just to drive it. Our roads are garbage filled with holes and bad quality pavement. Also, a litter of diesel costs 2€, taxes for fuel are ~50%. - Our wages are highly taxed as well, atleast 34% go to the social security and to the state each month. If you get 800€ per month and you boss decides to raise you by 100€, half of the money goes to the state. - Food and services are highly taxed as well. Most stuff pays 23% of taxes for no freaking reason. - Electricity and other services are also highly taxed as well. We pay 23% for electricity in our bill and we also have to pay for RTP (state national television...) from that bill. Water bill, only 5% of my bill is actually for what I've used in water, water is basically undrinkable but I pay 95% just for taxes. - Rent, stocks and other stuff are all taxed to 28%. Meaning one month of rent and 28% goes directly to the state instead of the landlord. He also has to pay an yearly tax to keep his propriety. This tax depends on the size and a lot of factors but an apartment may pay 400€ yearly. - A company pays around 4000 different taxes yearly, and the most ridiculous tax is that the government taxes the companies for profit they have yet to make. Companies in 2022 are already paying 2023 taxes. And list could go on. All this taxation for crappy healthcare system (IT'S NOT FREE...), crappy roads, crappy public services, crappy policing (Portugal it's not a safe country like many foreigners agree, try needing the police help and you'll see...) and of course, crappy military that is way short on NATO demands. Point being: Taxing is basically theft, no matter the country you are in, you will never get the benefits of your taxes because corrupt governments, debt, etc...