Soviet Union or any given state is bad example pro or contra if you only concentrate on tax rate. A state that puts more of the tax revenue on health care (without being inefficient about it all), education and housing rather than bloating the military budget is probably doing better than a state that does the opposite. Superpowers like the USSR leaned towards spending a lot on "defence".
High tax rate is not bad in itself and budgeting priorities matter.
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