That's more true of the income tax and the property tax. Why is a company hiring Americans penalized by having to pay into so many taxes? Social Security tax, Medicare tax, income tax --- and much of that higher salary an American makes will go for income tax and extremely high property taxes. Remember --- a Chinese might work for $2000 a year --- but $2000 a year is only going to cover half of a typical American's property tax on his house.
We cannot possibly continue supporting a government the size of ours with out jobs.