[ghost of stonewall jackson]

are you familiar with the levels of taxation in sweden and denmark. would make your eyes water...over 50%. these countries resemble socialism more than laissez-faire capitalism

[Kenny Bunk]

All in, we are apt to be at the same level of taxation, or higher, as the Scandinavians. But, we are structurally different, so we receive less in goods and services from the taxing authorities, of which we have many more than they do.

Also realize that each Scandinavian country has a population far smaller than LA County. Furthermore, the population is (until their foolish Islamic Immigration Experiments) much more homogeneous than ours. No "Oprime número dos por español")

So, yeah, you're right that they are much more "socialistic" than us. And they are culturally very, VERY different than us, too.

[Go_Raiders]

“are you familiar with the levels of taxation in sweden and denmark. would make your eyes water...over 50%”

Denmark: The current corporate income tax rate (and also the rate for individual income tax subject to the business taxation regime) is 25%. The phased-in reduction of the corporate income tax rate to 22% by 2016 is intended to provide a competitive advantage and to attract investment.

Sweden: The corporate income tax rate is 22% as of 1 January 2013 (reduced from 26.3%).

Yes, they both tax individuals out the wazoo, but they recognize that businesses make jobs and they have taken very seriously the Laffer curve which puts the optimum corporate tax rate for generating business growth and producing tax revenue at about 20%.