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Originally Posted by Astronomer
This is a myth, our tax levels are not that different. Australians really don't pay that much more tax than Americans, unless you are in like the top tiny percent of high income earners, which I doubt any of us here are.
List of countries by tax rates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So our tax levels are pretty similar, perhaps ours are just better utlised towards areas like health, rather than areas like defense and interest on your country's debt. Personally I'd rather have my tax go towards a healthcare system such as ours over here, because I can't believe the stories I hear from other countries of people not being able to afford adequate healthcare. Thanks to our system, I've always been able to afford the medical assistance I need, and I've never worried about medical bills in my life.
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Wow, Americans pay more in payroll taxes than Canadians, according to that list. And I saw that the max individual taxation is about the same on average... so really, the average American who works full time is paying more taxes than their Canadian counterpart. And then also paying for health insurance on top of that. WHAT. THE. F
UCK.