As you digest these figures, keep in mind that in spite of the astronomical tax rates, these countries can't finance their social welfare programs exclusively from tax revenues! They are all deeply mired in public debt. Riots in the streets protesting proposed cutbacks in social programs are a warning sign of the total chaos that will come. Could we be heading in that direction?
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