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human
The taxes aren't even lower.
gpt
I pay 48% taxes on an income of slightly less than 20k with VAT being 25%, electricity and cars being about 66% taxes (having almost a 200% tax added).

Not the most scientific analysis, but googling "30k us taxes" (so adding a buffer of 10k) places federal taxes at $2,500 andSocial security and medicare tax at approximately $2,300.

That's slightly less than a 16% tax rate.