The fourth chart really puts that initially-scary stat into perspective. When I first read what you wrote it sounded like Americans were being “taxed to death”, but that really didn’t take into account the huge variability in individual or household income. It was “all of what America spends on clothing, housing, and food” versus “all of what America is taxed”. Which also doesn’t take into account regional variability.
Thanks for these additional charts/stats.
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