Claim: "In the late 1980s, the U.S. was nearly the lowest-taxed nation in the world, and a quarter century later we're nearly the highest."
Fact-check: Wall Street Journal's Steve Moore says U.S. taxes were lower than rivals' in 1980s but are higher now
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2011-05-31T00:00:00