Meanwhile, voters in the second-largest US city rejected a measure to raise the sales tax rate, by a wide margin.

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If this proposed tax rate is approved, it would put France on top for having the highest individual income tax margin, surpassing Sweden, Japan and Britain, all with tax margins of 50 percent or more.

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