The US gets more tax revenue from rich people than most Western European countries. https://www.economist.com/united-states/2017/11/23/american-...; https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/02/us-taxe...
> Income taxes in America are more progressive than in other rich countries--according to an authoritiative official study which, to my knowledge, has not been contradicted. The OECD's report "Growing Unequal", on poverty and inequality in industrial countries, includes a table that provides two measures of income tax progressivity in 2005.
US Social Security also pays out more than most Western European countries.