I hate these types of comparisons. Their myopic view of society and progress is just a race to the bottom - there will always be someplace willing to sacrifice wider community values in order to benefit just a few.<p>I would prefer some system with no taxes on individuals. With modern data collection techniques, it should be possible to monitor all transactions well before anybody gets any salary, and make adjustments there. And I&#x27;d like to see sales and marketing restricted for companies which don&#x27;t employ in a country. I  think every country should have an obligation to look after the employment and well-being of all its citizens. So some loss of &quot;efficiency&quot; is appropriate in order to get other benefits. (And please don&#x27;t quote the old non-zero-sum arguments to me. Read about positive-sum and negative-sum and look at recent experiences with inequality and stop misunderstanding Ricardo from the 1800&#x27;s.)