Edit: I looked it up, there is no correlation between high taxes and personal debt: Look at this table and spot low tax countries like Ireland or the US, compared to high tax countries like Germany: https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/private-debt-to-gd...
(2) Raise your taxes by 30%, do you have more money or less? Less. And the government has more.
Clearly there are more factors, but there would be no way for the government to keep its spending up without borrowing, without getting money in the form of taxes.
2: This isn't how taxes work. High-tax countries essentially do collective purchases with that money, which usually means lower cost per individual for services like education, healthcare, pensions and so on.
> 40% over €34,550 for single, €42,800 for married taxpayers.
>Plus USC(Universal Social Charge)4.5% on income up to €50,170 and 8% on balance.
>Social insurance 4%
Not to mention out VAT is higher than Germany's also..