> Tax burden (direct) is, according to some sources: > (snip) > This is still meaningless for comparison if it is not > referenced to buying power It also needs to be referenced to what you actually get for your money in terms of pension, insurances, public services, etc. Parhaps not incidentally Sweden is one of the countries that scores on the high end in this aspects. Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body