[55555]

Holy crap, what do they even do with that money? I'd love to read more about this. They have 615,000 people living there, meaning they get 55,000 USD in gov revenue per person.

For comparison, the US gov got ~8,750 USD in rev per head in 2019.

[Anthony-G]

> Holy crap, what do they even do with that money?

Free public transport for one.¹

I holidayed there a couple of years ago before they made it free and even then, it was still heavily subsidised. It cost only €4 for a ticket that covered bus, tram or train to anywhere in the country for that day. Even in rural areas, buses were travelling every half hour from early morning until late evening. It was great for long hikes (or kayak trips) and returning by bus. I loved the freedom of it all.

1. https://luxembourg.public.lu/en/living/mobility/public-trans...

[jsnell]

What matters isn't really the government revenue but the government spending. The discrepancy is a lot smaller for the latter metric. In 2020, the US government collected 10.5k/person but spent 20k/person.

[the_duke]

Does that figure combine all federal AND state taxes?

That seems pretty low.

[55555]

I assume it was federal only. My bad.