Canadian's pay less taxes than Americans!

Ok, so I know a lot of this is political, but hey that's just how I roll.

Right-wing America likes to talk about how raising taxes are evil and how socialism = communism and things like socialized medicine are horrible for society.

Well, how about this for a kick in the face, Americans pay more taxes than Canadians who get free healthcare and cheap excellent education.

What do Americans get for paying their taxes? A war with no-end, a failing public school system (see previous post "America should not be considered a developed country"), and no healthcare.

Here is a graph published in the Economist that shows the world-wide income tax burden.

http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10835581