[rb808]

You make it sound as if taxation is a good thing. In much of the world capitalism, retained profits and growing the economy is used to make people wealthier. The countries with fastest growth and highest employment, healthiest companies tend to have lower tax rates (China, USA).

Countries that treat companies as if they a problem that need more tax (much of Western Europe) tend to have high unemployment and poorly performing economies where young people leave. Europe has the advantage that it got rich through its empires (and low taxes) and is now stagnating into poverty. Companies and people already pay a lot of tax compared to the rest of the world, Europeans should be trying to reduce this burden instead of figuring out how to tax more.

[anoncake]

> Countries that treat companies as if they a problem that need more tax (much of Western Europe) tend to have high unemployment and poorly performing economies where young people leave.

Maybe countries with high unemployment and poorly performing economies have a problem with companies paying too little taxes.

[Mirioron]

How does that fix the problem though? The government doesn't create jobs, companies do.

[growlist]

If only it were that simple.

[yason]

The countries with fastest growth and highest employment, healthiest companies tend to have lower tax rates (China, USA).

Another yardstick for comparing countries is how they treat and take care of the poor ones. High-tax countries often fare well in that and China, USA not so much.