US Taxes Are 27% Of GDP

6 Responses to US Taxes Are 27% Of GDP

1. Jimbo says:

   June 25, 2011 at 8:27 pm

   Steve,
   This is for you. It has an Arctic archive going back to 1948.

   http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/search
   http://arctic.synergiesprairies.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/view/2671

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2. Paul H says:

   June 25, 2011 at 9:33 pm

   You lot are lucky. In the UK we are upto 40%.

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3. Andy WeissDC says:

   June 26, 2011 at 2:41 am

   Apparently that 27% is too low because we keep getting deeper in debt.

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   • Nonoy Oplas says:

     June 26, 2011 at 9:42 am

     And I think that the 27% T/GDP ratio is only for the federal government. If taxes by states, counties and cities are included, the ratio would be higher.

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4. Cory says:

   July 27, 2011 at 9:08 pm

   Lets please not look at wikipedia as a scholarly source (as every high school student in our country already knows to do). This is pulled directly from a government site. Revenue to GDP estimated at 15% for 2011 and below that for the last two years!

   http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=205

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5. Cory says:

   July 27, 2011 at 9:10 pm

   Even better. This is listed as a source on your wikipedia page.

   http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS

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