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Federal income tax, state income tax and local property and sales tax. Social Security and Medicare taxes. I agree 30% is too high an estimate for below median incomes, but its closer 9-15%, according to this: https://thecollegeinvestor.com/34072/effective-tax-rates/

And if you include health insurance--which in other countries is provided for and paid for with taxes--then it goes up. A lot.




> And if you include health insurance-

OP explicitly broke out health insurance as a separate line item.




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