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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 976960, member: 26302&quot;]I have seen these graphs but they are misleading. We have many taxes and fees not on this listing, so they are ignored. Property taxes in MN range from $2000 to $8000 for a typical house. Those are ignored here. Excise taxes, estate and inheritance taxes, utility taxes, phone surcharges, etc are not on this chart at all. You pay so many taxes that you never pay attention to or know they are there its sick. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, look at England for Payroll taxes. They list national health insurance tax in comparison to our payroll taxes. Huh? Our health insurance is above and beyond taxes, so that on the face of it is wrong. Also, state taxes for most states do not allow federal deduct, which means a 10% tax is really a 16% tax for the state. Taxes are so different that its hard to compare in simplistic charts like this. Simply think of all of the taxes you pay to all levels of government, include sin taxes which are huge, gas taxes, car registration, fees like school fees and books, everything. If you are below 67% you are very lucky. Other countries have high taxes, but you get unlimited unemployment benefits, free healthcare, free college, free elder care, and lots of other perks. We pay about the same as them all told, and get none of these things. So who do you think is overtaxed?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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