[jokethrowaway]

The US did good economically in the past couple of centuries.

There's significantly more money in the USA than in a lot of other countries.

Even accounting for the ridiculously high taxes and the work-80hrs culture, the high salaries can be worth it for some people.

[anxrn]

Irrespective of which of the myriad ways you use to compare tax raters, the assertion that the US has "ridiculously high taxes" does not hold up.

https://www.crfb.org/blogs/us-highest-taxed-nation-world