[corybrown]

There's a faction of US politicians that are philosophically against (most) government and taxes. It's not about ROI, it's about their goals.

[RyanAF7]

Interesting. A faction you say? You mean like the faction that drafted the Articles of Confederation?

[SimbaOnSteroids]

No, the contemporary one that learned nothing from that folly.

[nerdponx]

Ah, yes. The failed constitution.

[conanbatt]

This faction of the US is unique, which is why the US has some of the lowest tax rates in the world and in consequences has one of the most positive balances in net immigration, specially considering it has one of the harshest immigration policies in the world.

[koyote]

The US has some of the lowest tax rates in the world, IFF you are making a large amount of money.

If you are earning a median wage a lot of other countries have comparable tax rates. If you are earning minimum wage a lot of other countries have lower tax rates.

[microcolonel]

The U.S. is by any good measure somewhere between #1 and #3 in median individual income net of taxes and other mandatory transfers; and always #1 in the mean.

I think a lot of people look at the gap between the mean and median, and think that something must be going wrong; but to me, the inequality of outcome this measures is more a sign that America is a welcome home of extremely productive people and the smarter of their direct offspring, who inevitably earn ridiculous sums of money when and where doing so is not itself reviled.

[SketchySeaBeast]

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, Those sick of a 35% income tax on earnings over $45,000".