Especially taxes on upper middle class people. The biggest difference between US tax rates and say Germany or Sweden is not corporate taxes or taxes on capital gains, but income and consumption taxes on people above the median income.
We had an au pair from Germany, who had an entry level administrative job before coming to the US. Her total tax rate in Germany was 40%, about the same as what we had in Maryland with a top 1% household income. If you want universal healthcare and college, that’s what it costs.
We had an au pair from Germany, who had an entry level administrative job before coming to the US. Her total tax rate in Germany was 40%, about the same as what we had in Maryland with a top 1% household income. If you want universal healthcare and college, that’s what it costs.