[quote=ctr70]Your forgetting prosperous countries like South Korea, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Uraguay, Malaysia, and Australia (just to name a few), that have lower personal tax rates than the U.S. I especially like Hong Kong tax rates capped at 15% no matter what a persons income is. [/quote]Don’t forget Canada. http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/fq/txrts-eng.html Their top tax rate is 29% but the bottom tax rate is 15%.