Comment Comment by ytilibitapmoc I thought the comment at http://www.bigstartups.com/wac6/blog/1273/Will-the-Last-Star... by "heretic" was someone merely trolling the comments.However using the equation and data sets from this blog post (http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/03/taxes-per-person.html) results in: * Ireland: 34.0% × 39,441 = 13,409.9 * New Zealand: 36.5% × 26,625 = 9,718.1 Add to the above data that both countries score better than the United States in the Economist Intelligence Unit's "Democracy Index" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index), the Reporters Without Borders "Press Freedom Index" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwide_Press_Freedom_Index), and the Transparency International "Corruption Perceptions Index" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index). The only bright spot for the United States are the two indices of economic freedom: the Heritage Foundation's "Index of Economic Freedom" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Economic_Freedom) and the Fraser Institute's "Economic Freedom of the World" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Freedom_of_the_World); wherein Ireland and New Zealand alternate in bracketing the United States.I'm beginning to think "heretic" wasn't trolling the comments. parent ytilibitapmoc 16 years ago
However using the equation and data sets from this blog post (http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/03/taxes-per-person.html) results in:
Add to the above data that both countries score better than the United States in the Economist Intelligence Unit's "Democracy Index" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index), the Reporters Without Borders "Press Freedom Index" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwide_Press_Freedom_Index), and the Transparency International "Corruption Perceptions Index" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index). The only bright spot for the United States are the two indices of economic freedom: the Heritage Foundation's "Index of Economic Freedom" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Economic_Freedom) and the Fraser Institute's "Economic Freedom of the World" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Freedom_of_the_World); wherein Ireland and New Zealand alternate in bracketing the United States.I'm beginning to think "heretic" wasn't trolling the comments.