[Gllug] [OT] Times Article on ABD was Fighting a virus

[Rich Walker]

James Roberts <jr at stabilys.com> writes:

> John Winters wrote:
>
>> The figures which this method produces are pleasantly close to the
>> alternative calculation where you take the entire tax revenue of a country
>> and see what fraction it is of the country's GDP.
>
> What about these?
>
> http://www.oecd.org/document/60/0,2340,en_2649_34533_1942460_1_1_1_1,00.html
>
> I tend to use this as canonical.

2000 "all-in" figures for 67%, 100%, 133%, 167% of average wage:

28.3%	32.1%	33.0%	35.0%

2005 figures:

29.9%	33.5%	34.4%	37.1%


So about 1.5% more, except for the higher end.



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