The U.S. is now among the highest-taxing nations.

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The United States, once the world’s flagship of capitalism, low regulation and free markets, has entered the category of a high-taxing society.

Here is a website that generally provides the average tax rates of the world’s countries.

Notice that the U.S. is now taxing its citizens at rates above the North American average, the Western Hemisphere average, and above the world average.

Only Europe reports average tax rates higher than those in the U.S.