This idea that we live in a world where government cares about us is just the biggest propaganda ever. Everyone one will only pursue their own self-interest. The OECD has interesting come out and warned that if governments are unable to stop the transfer of wealth to a small financial elite, the displeasure of the dispossessed middle class could easily turn and go against the prevailing governmental systems. The OECD has claimed to have discovered the existence of a veritable “lumpenproletariatâ€Â in the supposedly rich Germany. Even though the systems attempt to provide citizens with bread and circuses in the traditional Roman style to keep them quiet, such  tactics they warn may have now become obsolete after the ultimate circus is over – the World Cup.
The problem with all of these studies is the look at class warfare and not at the consumption of government. They do not follow the breadcrumbs. What if you take everything from the elites? Who will start businesses to create jobs? Who will be left to take as government pensions keep ticking away. In Germany, it has now surpassed 50% of the average persons labor goes to taxes.
In the United States, the economy remains the best because the threshold for taxes still remain low in comparison to Europe. Here is the percent of income it required to pay taxes in the United States over the years:
Year | TFD | Percentage tax burden |
1900 | 22-Jan | 5.90% |
1910 | 19-Jan | 5.00% |
1920 | 13-Feb | 12.00% |
1930 | 12-Feb | 11.70% |
1940 | 7-Mar | 17.90% |
1950 | 31-Mar | 24.60% |
1960 | 11-Apr | 27.70% |
1970 | 19-Apr | 29.60% |
1980 | 21-Apr | 30.40% |
1990 | 21-Apr | 30.40% |
2000 | 1-May | 33.00% |
2001 | 27-Apr | 31.80% |
2002 | 17-Apr | 29.20% |
2003 | 14-Apr | 28.40% |
2004 | 15-Apr | 28.50% |
2005 | 21-Apr | 30.20% |
2006 | 26-Apr | 31.20% |
2007 | 24-Apr | 31.10% |
2008 | 16-Apr | 29.00% |
2009 | 8-Apr | 26.60% |
2010 | 9-Apr | 26.90% |
2011 | 12-Apr | 27.70% |
2012 | 13-Apr | 29.20% |