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I can't seem to find it, I'll keep looking, but here's the data from 1900 through 2008. (scroll down a bit, it's broken down by states)

Table 1
Tax Freedom Day and Tax Burden, Selected Years 1900 - 2008
Year

Tax Freedom Day


Taxes as a Percentage of Income

1900 January 22 5.9%
1910 January 19 5.0%
1920 February 13 12.0%
1930 February 12 11.7%
1940 March 7 17.9%
1950 March 31 24.6%
1960 April 11 27.7%
1970 April 19 29.6%
1980 April 21 30.4%
1990 April 21 30.4%
2000 May 3 33.6%
2001 April 30 32.6%
2002 April 19 29.8%
2003 April 16 29.0%
2004 April 17 29.3%
2005 April 23 30.9%
2006 April 26 31.5%
2007 April 26 31.7%
2008 April 23 30.8%
Source: Office of Management and Budget; Internal Revenue Service; Congressional Research Service; National Bureau of Economic Research; Tax Foundation.

244 posted on 01/19/2009 12:53:48 AM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: Indy Pendance

Bump for future read...


246 posted on 01/19/2009 1:19:08 AM PST by meyer (We are all John Galt)
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To: Indy Pendance

Have you read the leaders’ quotes from 1900 in my tagline ref?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81


262 posted on 01/19/2009 5:54:25 AM PST by Quix (LEADRs SAY FRM 1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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