Don't forget the National Health Service over there. It is a tax, but for many people is reduces their total spending on health care.
Personally I think the best way to compare tax load is to subtract out National Health and then compare the percentage of GDP that is government spending. In which cast then you're right. UK is about 36% of GDP in total with a good deal of that, 11% of GDP in total I think, as health care. US average is 33% of GDP.
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Date: 2007-06-28 10:00 pm (UTC)Personally I think the best way to compare tax load is to subtract out National Health and then compare the percentage of GDP that is government spending. In which cast then you're right. UK is about 36% of GDP in total with a good deal of that, 11% of GDP in total I think, as health care. US average is 33% of GDP.