Residents in Germany and the Nordic countries don't mind their high tax rates because they see the results of their money every day when they drive to work on well-kept highways, breathe fresh air, drink clean water, become hospitalized without going bankrupt, or watch their children attend tuition free college.

Us?

Productive Blue States subsidize poor, polluting Red States that lead the US in firearm deaths and police brutality cases.

Oligarchs get tax breaks and live in luxury-- we must deal with the BBB and the insidious for-profit healthcare system.

Besides Eritrea, everyday Americans suffer with the absolute worst return for their annual tithes on the planet.