Who pays the most income taxes?

[Tom Joad]

I found this part to be interesting:

The study shows the Canadian tax burden for a comparable worker is two percentage points lower, even though the country provides universal healthcare to all residents through its taxation system.

So, my question is: Why the Hell can't we do that?


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pays-m...094800229.html

Well whaddaya know ... the average American pays more in tax and social security than Canadians, Australians, the Japanese and the British.

But when you compare the American tax burden to other developed nations, the numbers don't look so bad.

New data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development compared tax rates and social security deductions on average incomes in 34 countries.