Did You Know? Tax Burden

From Thought du Jour

I find it astounding that in 2009, the total revenue from the income tax, at 6.4 per cent of GDP was almost identical to the revenue from social security receipts, at 6.3 per cent. If this were my country, I would find that scandalous, given the latter are so much more regressive (and job destroying) than the former. But it is not. I merely point it out.
Martin Wolf, responding to comments at Martin Wolf’s Exchange, 27 July 2010.