Indeed! I was making no comment on the quality of life in Switzerland which is clearly excellent. They have one of the highest GPDs per capita in the world (especially if you exclude a couple of the oil producers that exceed it).
I was merely commenting on the fact that Switzerland does, in fact, have taxes that are higher than what we have in the US.
Yes, my comment also wasn't meant as a disprove of something you wrote, I just wanted to add the big picture.
Edit: I guess the point I'm trying to make: Switzerland is not all that different from the US (on a small scale), it just combines a moderate amount of corporate liberties with enough personal liberties to strike a good balance. In many ways it's like the Libertarian's small government, locally organized model, it just adds enough social and health insurance safety nets and a good public infrastructure on top. Think every county having their own tax law, school system, road network etc.
He's comparing as a percentage of GDP. I don't know about you but I don't get taxed on my personal GDP, because I reckon I'd be taxed on about 5 times my actual salary since I think that's the amount of profit my company is making per employee.
I was merely commenting on the fact that Switzerland does, in fact, have taxes that are higher than what we have in the US.