The US with a 25% tax burden? That doesn't tell the whole story.
The medium rate is 28%. But that doesn't include Medicare and Social Security. I don't know if any of the other countries include this in the tax rate.
Then there's the state tax system, which is variable, of course. In my state, I pay 15% in taxes. The state tax is deductible from the federal tax (i.e. 28% of the state tax can be deducted from the federal). That's a 2 or 3% deduction.
So, 40% to the Feds and State combined, and again that doesn't count social security and medicare. When all is said and done, taxes in the USA approach 60% of income in many states.
Where are these figures coming from?
OECD.
Tax burdens falling in OECD economies as crisis takes its toll
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Revenue Statistics 1965-2008, 2009 Edition
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So it's €120...
We aren't? Says who? Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
The new accreditation will not be thrown around freely, but I would have thought it fairly easy to demonstrate that ET would be a worthy candidate with a visible track record. You can't be me, I'm taken
But I'll give the OECD accreditation procedure a try. It can do no worse than fail.
Kudos to the OECD for openness.
The tax revenues are primarily grouped into the following high level categories essentially representing the different bases on which taxes are charged: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains Social security contributions Taxes on payroll and workforce Taxes on property &n bsp; Taxes on goods and services Other taxes ;   (Category 1000) (Category 2000) (Category 3000) (Category 4000) (Category 5000) (Category 6000)
The tax revenues are primarily grouped into the following high level categories essentially representing the different bases on which taxes are charged:
(Category 1000) (Category 2000) (Category 3000) (Category 4000) (Category 5000) (Category 6000)
And here's a breakdown of the shares of each kind of tax (total = 100%):
These are variable.
Also missing are medicare taxes.
