Agreed. US also doesn't have VAT, though, which makes a fair bit of difference. State sales taxes vary but the highest is less than half the British VAT. Indivi

Agreed. US also doesn't have VAT, though, which makes a fair bit of difference. State sales taxes vary but the highest is less than half the British VAT. Individual Income taxes are what, 25-30% of total tax revenue in the UK? I know OECD average is 25%. It's about 42% in the US.