CBPP: Government Revenues in U.S. Are Low by International Standards

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CBPP: Government Revenues in U.S. Are Low by International Standards

Government Revenues in U.S. Are Low by International Standards

I have already noted that government spending in the United States (as a percent of gross domestic product, or GDP) is below average for a developed country, using data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Those data also show that government revenues in the United States are low by international standards.

That�s not just because of the economic downturn. The United States is consistently one of the lowest-taxed countries in the OECD.

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