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WHO GIVES, WHO GETS

March 26, 2007

The Tax Foundation has issued a new study that combines spending and tax stats to see both who pays for government and who benefits. This chart is interesting:

While the federal tax burden is progressive - higher rates on higher-income taxpayers - the state and local burden is much less so. Just another thing to keep in mind when they ask you to vote for a higher sales tax.

While the tax collections skew in a "progressive" way, the spending skews even more so:

The TaxProf has more, including a heated debate in his commments section on what it all means.

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