| ▲ | adrr 5 days ago | |||||||
Tax revenue as percentage of GDP right now 17%. You can pick random countries and compare. China 26%, Sweden 41%, Japan 32% etc. Do you see the issue? When we ran a surplus during Clinton's admin, we were at 20%. | ||||||||
| ▲ | eagleislandsong 5 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||
> 17% ... When we ran a surplus during Clinton's admin, we were at 20%. Where did you get these figures from? According to OECD, the US' tax revenue-to-GDP ratio was 27.6% in 2022 and 25.2% in 2023: https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/topics/policy-sub-i... It was 28.3% in 2000, when Clinton was still President. | ||||||||
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