I don't believe the list, as Germany is not included.
We have many people here in my state, working close to the Belgian or Dutch border, who chose to live in those respective countries - to avoid high taxation. Many celebs did chose to settle especially in Belgium, though the state of Germany put much pressure on tax avoidance during the few past years.
The clue is that othe brilliant German tax authorities chose to call only parts of what goes off our paycheck taxes(Steuern) - the rest are called duties (Abgaben), nonetheless both are obligatory.
Like Betonov said, it's also important what worth you get back. Iirc, in the Nordic countries, the taxes are more or less all-inclusive, e.g. they also have the health or unemployment insurance included, which Germans also have to pay for seperately. So I'd have no problem with high taxes, if I get my money's worth out of it, or low taxes which allow you to put money aside. However Swedish taxes combined with an American social system just plain suck.
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