france 45%. germany, 45%. japan, 40%. netherlands 52%. the uk, it's 40%. most of these countries have national sales taxes that add 20% on to the burden. we want to point out many tea party activists are concerned about what's coming ahead. understandably so. the obama administration called for a tax increase of nearly $1 trillion. it includes $630 billion on people earning more than $250,000. that's a result of the bush tax cuts ending as scheduled and a hike in capital gains. $355 billion comes from american businesses. let's talk about that, talk about the raw politics, jessica yellin at the daily beast. we should point out, there are scheduled protests. it wasn't just in washington. you spent a lot of time out there today with the protess tors.