"Top Ten Tax Charts"
From the CPBB, charts showing:
- The United States is a Low-Tax Country
- Federal Income Taxes on Average Families are Historically Low
- Corporate Tax Revenues are Historically Low
- Effective Tax Rates on the Wealthiest People Have Fallen Dramatically
- Bush Tax Cuts Heavily Tilted to the Top
- Rise in Debt Could Be Halted By Letting Bush Tax Cuts Expire
- Tax Expenditures Are Substantial
- Gains at the Top Dwarfed Those of Low- and Middle-Income Households
- Top 1 Percent's Income Share More Than Doubled Over the past Thirty Years
- Most of Budget Goes Toward Defense, Social Security, and Health Programs
Posted by Mark Thoma on Friday, April 15, 2011 at 12:15 AM in Economics, Taxes |
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