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06-08-2011, 11:50 PM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style='font-size: 14pt'>Americans are paying the smallest share of their income for taxes since 1958</span>, a reflection of tax cuts and a weak economy, a USA TODAY analysis finds.
The total tax burden — for all federal, state and local taxes — dropped to 23.6% of income in the first quarter, according to Bureau of Economic Analysis data.
By contrast, individuals spent roughly 27% of income on taxes in the 1970s, 1980s and the 1990s — a rate that would mean $500 billion of extra taxes annually today, one-third of the estimated $1.5 trillion federal deficit this year.
The analysis comes as President Obama and Congress debate whether to cut federal spending, raise taxes or both.
The latest dip in the tax burden came from a Social Security tax cut included in a December budget deal between Democrats and Republicans. It will reduce taxes $100 billion this year. </div></div>
link (http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2011-05-05-tax-cut-record-low_n.htm)
....and the GOP want to..............cut taxes.
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The total tax burden — for all federal, state and local taxes — dropped to 23.6% of income in the first quarter, according to Bureau of Economic Analysis data.
By contrast, individuals spent roughly 27% of income on taxes in the 1970s, 1980s and the 1990s — a rate that would mean $500 billion of extra taxes annually today, one-third of the estimated $1.5 trillion federal deficit this year.
The analysis comes as President Obama and Congress debate whether to cut federal spending, raise taxes or both.
The latest dip in the tax burden came from a Social Security tax cut included in a December budget deal between Democrats and Republicans. It will reduce taxes $100 billion this year. </div></div>
link (http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2011-05-05-tax-cut-record-low_n.htm)
....and the GOP want to..............cut taxes.
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