Actually 8% tax isn't much, when most European countries have 20%+ VAT.
Yeah, actually its low as hell, I can't think a single European country that has single figure VAT without having to google/wikipedia it. On top of my head all are like 12+% maybe 14 on average.
i just checked the taxes for euro and i'm shocked, some of them reach 50%, wtf, living in japan in comparison is like living in a paradise
Yeah but in a lot of European nations they get more for their taxes. I would rather be taxed like the European nations in the United States and get similar service than what we are taxed at now. The U.S. taxes barely go to helping the U.S. people.