Only if you compare apples with oranges. Scandinavian taxes are considered high, but they include things like child care, health care, public transportation inf

Only if you compare apples with oranges. Scandinavian taxes are considered high, but they include things like child care, health care, public transportation infrastructure. For people participating in all of those services, the take home pay (as percentage of gross income) ends up not less than in presumably low tax countries.