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Someone Fix This Map!!!!!!!!!!!
The map is inaccurate. Even if you add state income taxes to federal income taxes, the highest you will pay is less than 50%. This map shows it is greater than 50%. These maps should be removed.Zzzzz9 (talk) 10:50, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't understand this map. There is no labeling or any key to understand what the percentages are. I highly doubt the USA has an income tax over 50%- that is about as close to communist it gets without adopting the Manifesto. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Farknight (talk • contribs) 14:36, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Cool map!! I'd love something that incorporated the U.S. state taxes and Canadian provincial taxes, e.g. http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/ind_inc.html and here's a preliminary graph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_income_tax

The USA has the highest personal taxes in the world.... surely rubbish. Intentional political propaganda masquerading as fact ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.155.171.59 (talk) 12:58, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Something is wrong with this map. Either it is not properly labeled where the viewer is left unsure what the data represents or the data is suppose to represent the highest percent of income tax a country has and is incorrect. If the latter is true there are two issues that need to be addressed. First the highest personal income tax rate in the United States is 36%, which is only for someones income over $250,000. This means that any one person's effective income tax rate is below 36% in the United States.

The other trouble in comparing different countries tax rates is they distribute tax rates differently. The tax rates between two countries for someone making $200,000/year might be similar, but might be radically different for someone making $15,000/year or $1,000,000/year. Cwkimbro (talk) 09:23, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Wow, this map is kind of worthless, and incorrect. Paxuniv (talk) 01:01, 22 October 2008 (UTC)