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Taxes as a % of GDP are not that much higher, if at all, in northern Europe than in Italy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tax_revenu...

And you get a lot more of them back in various ways in northern Europe.

I think it's a fairly complex question, and that's part of it. Maybe there's actually an opportunity, because I know a bunch of smart developers in Italy who work for less than they would get elsewhere. I know Italy very well, and still wonder what I'm missing, because like you say, there are taxes elsewhere too.



Actually, tax incidence in Italy is even worse than that:

https://twitter.com/MicheleCaivano/status/240087376465125377...




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