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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Taxes:  Why Americans Think the Tax Rate Is High, and Why They're Wrong

Together, all federal taxes equaled 14.4% of the nation's economic output last year, the lowest level since 1950. Add state and local taxes, and the share nearly doubles, to about 27%, according to the Tax Policy Center in Washington — still lower than at almost any other point in the last 40 years.

For more, see Why Americans Think the Tax Rate Is High, and Why They're Wrong by David Leonhardt, January 19, 2012 at NYTimes.com.

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