The average U.S. citizen now pays more tax, dollar for dollar, than the average Briton. That was the shocking claim made by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week to U.S. taxpayers, who feel that, although they have suffered much, British taxpayers have suffered far more. If the Chamber of Commerce is right (and not all tax experts are prepared to admit that it is), in fiscal 1942 the average U.S. citizen will pay $168 in taxes; the average Briton will pay $165.
Even under the stiff new tax law, U.S. Federal income taxes...