With 45% tax rate in Canada situation is the same. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Freedom_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Freedom_Day Taxes just disapp

With 45% tax rate in Canada situation is the same. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Freedom_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Freedom_Day Taxes just disappear somewhere while on paper everything is accounted. It's absolutely not possible to get the money back from the mandatory pension systems in the amount median person have paid over the lifetime.