Tax amounts in various countries.

[cabinover]

Can anyone find statistics on overall tax cost in the US vs. Canada? I keep hearing how great Canada is but the last time I talked to folks from Ontario they were crying the blues about taxes.

Here's what I am interested in.
1. Take a base of $40,000.00 gross income.
2. Income tax percentage/federal.
3. State income tax percentage/federal.
4. Sales Tax.
5. Health insurance.
6. Car insurance.
7. Home insurance.

I realize this a lot to ask but some of you guys are pretty sharp and would know where to find some of this stuff.

I was against this health care bill but I really want to see if we'd have been better off financially with single payer without all of the rhetoric and bullshit from either side.

What do you have?