nobody on the planet pays as much TAX as Americans ,, americans get taxed by their states and by the Federal Government , when they go into a restaurant , they pay 2 taxes, one for the food and one for the service,,,tip or tax , they are the same thing , a charge for a service provided ,,, everywhere they go , if they want to purchase ANYTHING ,,, there will a TAX added , and hey we all got to pay the tax man if we want to live in a SOCIAL SOCIETY as opposed to a SOCIALIST SOCIETY or a CAPITALISTIC/ CONSUMER DRIVEN SOCIETY where everyman is either a slave to the gov or a slave to the boss and his company