Paying more or less taxes?

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If you are asked whether you like paying more or less taxes, almost everybody will answer "less".But maybe the question should be "Do you want to enjoy more or less public services?" If the question was this one, maybe the answer would be rather different.

Here you have some articles where you can check that the countries where people pay more taxes are those that enjoy more and better quality public services, those where poverty is lower, there are less economic differences and the needy get what they need to have a decent life:

WHY DO THE FRENCH TOLERATE SUCH HIGH TAXES?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/09/economist-explains-13

WHY SWEDES ARE OKAY WITH PAYING TAXES:

https://sweden.se/society/why-swedes-are-okay-with-paying-taxes/

WHY DANES HAPPILY PAY HIGH RATES OF TAXES

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2016-01-20/why-danes-happily-pay-high-rates-of-taxes

BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES WILL INEVITABLY MEAN HIGHER TAXES (about Ireland)

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/better-public-services-will-inevitably-mean-higher-taxes-1.2414323

Here you have vsome graphs in which you can compare the consequences in real life of paying more or less taxes and having more or less public services. The comparison is between Denmark and the USA:

POVERTY RATES

CHILD POVERTY RATES

HEALTH CARE

WEEKS OF PAID PARENTAL LEAVE

WEEKS OF GUARANTEED VACATION

WELFARE EXPENDITURES

Source: http://www.demos.org/blog/10/20/15/united-states-vs-denmark-17-charts

Finally, here you have an animated video paid by the California Federation of Teachers to explain the consequences of paying less taxes and reducing the amount of money the wealthiest people pay: 

Do you continue to think that that paying lower taxes is better?

Tax havens and tax fraud

Here you have two short videos about how tax havens work and the cost of tax fraud in the EU:

And these are two short videos from AJ+ about how the big corporations avoid paying taxes:

Tax burden and the Spanish perception about taxes

Here you have some interesting documents to improve your knowledges about taxes. Tax burden is the average percentage the population of a country pays to the State through taxes.  The following graph shows tax burden in the different countries of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development): 

Source: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/the-tax-burden-around-the-developed-world/

And this is an interesting survey published today by the CIS (Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas), the State organization dedicated to sociological research in Spain. The survey reflects the opinion of the Spanish population about taxes. You can find a short summary on the following link: 

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/783/espanoles/considera/injusto/sistema/tributario/CIS/elpepuesp/20101123elpepunac_10/Tes

The complete report on the links below: 

http://datos.cis.es/pdf/Es2841mar_A.pdf
 
http://www.cis.es/cis/opencms/ES/Novedades/Documentacion_2841.html