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Total tax revenue as a share of GDP (infosec.pub)
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[–] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe because it would skew the average too nuch

[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Likely the intended audience is the United States based on the highlighting of it. By leaving them out of the average you get the average of other countries to compare the US against.

[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

If we collected the extra 7% we could pay down the national debt to something more manageable.