Wrong-o, dude. Switzerland has one of the highest tax rates in Europe - around 90% to pay for all that health care.
If you want to pay thse kinds of taxes, adopt me so you can pay the taxes for me, too.
I question your 90% figure. Please cite your source.
March 18, 2008 - Fiscal Fact No. 119
U.S. States Lead the World in High Corporate Taxes
(http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/22917.html)
Federal Rate Adjusted - Top State Corporate Tax Rate -
Combined Federal and State Rate (Adjusted) (a)
Switzerland - 8.50% - 14.64% - 21.32%
United States - 35% - 6.57% - 39.27%
(a) Combined rate adjusted for federal deduction of state taxes paid
Source: OECD, http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/26/56/33717459.xls
Nope. You've got it backwards. Swiss taxes are about what we pay here.
I never paid 90% tax rate. My 13th salary paid my taxes each year. (Swiss receive 13 salaries for 11 months of work.)
Also, when we are talking about adopting the Swiss model, we are talking in the health INSURANCE part only. We are not talking about hospital subsidies, etc.