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Americans Richer Uncle Sam Collects More
The Tax Foundation compares 1973 and 1978 data showing population up 4 percent, adjusted gross income up 58 percent, and federal income tax collections up 74 percent. Top 10 percent paid about half of 1978 taxes, while the bottom half paid 6.5 percent. Property taxes rose 6.2 percent in 1978, with per capita rates led by Alaska and New York among others.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
The
Tax Foundation Inc
Washington, D.C
Foundation
Tax Foundation
Alaska
Massachusetts
California
New Jersey
New York
Ottawa
Edith Kermit Roosevelt
Sylvia Jukes
Morris
FDR
Ted
Pablo Casals
White House
Carol Rinzler
Jessica Garfield
Edgar O. Seaquist
America
Louis Hurst
U.S. Senate
Kennedys
Nixon
Humphrey
Proxmire
Baker
Revolt of the Eaglets
Jean Plaidy
Plaidy
Victoria Holt
Henry II