Ive always been under the impression that you Americans pay less tax
Technically speaking, you could say that. However, like I said when you include mandatory payments towards Medicare, Social Security and state taxes, it gets up there. The deception comes when you even try and look up "what tax bracket am I in?" and all that is listed is federal income tax. Well you know what? It's not just federal income tax that I pay EVERY paycheck before I get my net income. I can't calculate federal income tax only. What matters to me is how much as a whole is taken every paycheck and that FAR exceeds the said "tax bracket".
Mythology is what we call someone else’s religion. Joseph Campbell