Americans pay much less in taxes than most other people in the industrialized world.
Surprised?
According to the latest estimates from the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United States pays 24 percent of its total economy (as measured by gross domestic product) to taxes collected by all levels of government.
That's a bargain compared with most developed nations.
Australians pay 27 percent; the Japanese pony up 28 percent; Canadians, 31 percent; British, 34 percent; Germans, 37 percent; French, 42 percent; and Swedes, 46 percent. Danes lead the world by forking over 48 percent to their government.
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