[frumper]

The first link ignores payroll taxes because it doesn't paint the same picture. The second link seems to show the US tax rates are significantly lower for the upper echelon compared to other first world countries.

[johnea]

Whatever the "rate" is, it's largly mute.

The labrynth of deductions, exeptions and other tax havens for the higher echelons of the income brakets makes the listed rate pretty meaningless.

[frumper]

I was more pointing out the second link does nothing to support his statement.