61% of Americans paid no federal income tax in 2020. Just because you work doesn't mean you pay the income tax. You're forgetting about the deductions. (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/61p...ome-taxes-in-2020-tax-policy-center-says.html)
The bottom earners in Europe also get taxed more than in the US. Europe also pays relative nothing towards defense spending which is why the US might potentially get dragged into what might be the 3rd European war in 100 years (yes, I know Japan brought us into the 2nd world war, but the 2nd world war started long before that in Europe and they were allied with the Germans). Europe also has a VAT and US has no national sales tax. In Ireland for example, only the first 1650 euros of income are excluded. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_rates) After that, you're paying 20% for the lowest threshold. Then a 23% VAT tax on goods, 9-13.5% on services regardless of income. There should be no income tax, just raise the revenue through a national sales tax. Exclude healthy food and a few other things from the tax. Tax luxury goods, dining, and entertainment at a higher rate. The wealthy spend more anyway so will pay more taxes. If they don't, then that money will be invested and provide a productive benefit to society.
The US is not North America. People in Canada have been dying waiting for treatment for a long time. That's a feature of their socialized medicine program and nothing new...one of the reasons why the elites there (Danny Williams, head of Newfoundlander for example) and from other countries come to the US for better care. (https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/effect-of-wait-times-on-mortality-in-canada.pdf)
