Mr Bartlett s critique of America s tax system is that it creates a deceptive picture of theinfluence of government, and is far too costly. On revenues as a share of GDP, America sgovernment looks small relative to its European peers. The difference is illusory. Europeanhealth spending shows up on the government s ledgers whereas America s tax preferences forhealth insurance do not. But the government intervention is there all the same. In 2012the deduction for employer-provided insurance cost some $434 billion, or roughly 3% ofGDP. Include these tax expenditures in the budget, Mr Bartlett says, and America s statelooks as bloated as any in Europe. Net social spending rises to 27.2% of GDPabove thelevel in Italy and Denmark and higher than the OECD average.
巴特莱特先生对美国税制提出批评,认为它制造了一种政府影响力的假象,而且成本太高。看上去美国税收收入与GDP之间的比率比欧洲国家要低。两者之间的区别是不真实的。欧洲国家的保健支出在政府账上显示为增加,而美国健康保险的税收优惠却没有增加。但美国和欧洲国家政府的介入一直是一致的。2012年,雇主提供的保险成本扣除数为4340亿美元左右,约占GDP的3%。巴特莱特先生表示,包括这些预算中税收支出在内,美国的状况看起来与欧洲任何国家一样庞大。社会净支出增加到GDP的27.2%,超过了意大利和丹麦,也高于经合组织的平均水平。
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