I pay something like 30% of my income to tax. I pay very little tax elsewhere. And no, I don't buy guns or tobacco. I buy very little alcohol or gas. And food is not taxed at all in my state. So I meant insignificant when I said insignificant. Oh: and my ex girlfriend was a corporate tax consultant. She assures me that no multi-national pays more than token tax rates. When one country raises corporate taxes on something-or-other, they shift around assets to foreign subsidiaries without those taxes.