[Thane_Banquo]

He then asked me if I knew which country was taxed the most in the history of countries, and then he told me America was.

Either the professor was ignorant or a stone-faced liar. America has much less taxation than a lot of other countries today.

[ConservativeMan55]

This is what confused me. We are taxed quite a bit. But those taxes won't bring us prosperity.

[yonif]

Yeah of course. Look at Germany. They tax almost 60% of your money in order to fund the welfware state.