[quote=meadandale]Yeah but that 28% tax rate doesn’t include payroll taxes, which add another 7.6% for the individual and another 7.6% for the employer. That means that our tax rate is AS HIGH as the OECD average you posted.[/quote]

The 28% in the first graph is the TOTAL tax revenue as a percentage of GDP.

And the 2nd graph shows income taxes. Even the quote I posted from the article mentions payroll taxes directly. Did you even read my post?