What did Donald Trump claim about taxes on 12 Aug 2016?
Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee ·
We're the highest taxed nation in the world. Anywhere in the world. And of the industrialized nations, we're far and away the highest taxed nation.
Far from it. U.S. taxes were 26.1 percent of GDP in 2015, below the OECD average of 32.9 percent, and 30 of 38 OECD members collected more.
OECD Revenue Statistics put total U.S. tax revenue at 26.1 percent of GDP in 2015, against an OECD average of 32.9 percent. Thirty of today's 38 OECD members collected more tax as a share of GDP, led by Denmark (46.5 percent) and France (45.4 percent) (OECD, Revenue Statistics).
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- Campaign rally at Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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