It's only telling you what you can do in the state-supported tuition-free university. You're free to become a lawyer on your own dime if your grades don't meet the quota for that.
Of course, Denmark has a whopping 60.2% income tax rate for those making over 55k / year, so their "dimes" are far fewer than my own, but your point is taken.
Nitpick, but the income tax rate has been legally capped at 50% for some time now, notwithstanding any other legislation, so you can never actually hit something like 60%, even if a combination of other taxes would theoretically produce that in certain cases.
Yes, but they get child care, schools, university, healthcare, social security that actually works and a few other things for those taxes.
Also, New Yorkers making >$400k are paying 52% (39% federal + 13% state), and those making just $100K are already paying over 40%. Californians are in a similar positions, although some states are cheaper to live in.
Yes, Europeans pay more in taxes, but they get more in taxes. If anyone is fleeced, it's actually the americans - the government is going into larger and larger debt, and at some point, the people will have to pay one way or another.
