| ManusJustus said: Wikipedia I assume? Denmark has the most progressive tax system in the world, and they actually tax 50% of their GDP! http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/tax_tot_tax_as_of_gdp-taxation-total-as-of-gdp Again, Denmark is hardly a full capitalist country, atleast in terms that most Americans would agree with. Denmark, and other Scandinavian mixed economies have a good mix of socialism and capitalism. Denmark provides services such as healthcare and education, they tax the crap our of the rich (and poor for that matter), and they give people the freedom to make economic and social choices as they please. |
Well, to be honest, after I've learned, that to call Denmark socialist, isn't just strange because of my german mothertongue, but as gamingchartzftw pointed out, because of misleading and non academic widespread error in the USA, I stick to the definition that Denmark is a capitalist country (but with one of the highest social standards).
As for the taxation totals, it would be interesting if pensions and healthcare are counted as taxes in this statistic.
Health care is!!! Source: http://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/hlthec/v14y2005is1ps41-s57.html
The pensions are as well tax-based, if you want a source contact me as I just found some German sources
Still it would be interesting how much this would make up and if in the long run this isn't even cheaper for people than a private health care plan and private pension funds combined with taxes in the US.
