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Originally Posted by james t kirk
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I don't doubt that the U.S. tax rate is lower than many other industrial countries. But the link you provided is only for federal income taxes. I wonder how much lower our over all taxes are when considering state sales taxes, state income taxes, local sales taxes, real estate taxes, cigarette taxes, liquor taxes, 7.5% employer SS taxes, medicare taxes, gasoline taxes, excise taxes, capital gains taxes, auto/boat/RV/ licenses, etc.... I'm sure I missed a few.
With all these included plus the indirect taxes we pay on all goods and services I imagine the taxes we pay is more like 70% to 80% of income for a typical wage earner. I have not had any luck finding out the exact numbers on this.