Yet despite all of this oppressive taxation, our local governments, our state governments and our federal government are all absolutely drowning in debt.

When the federal income tax was originally introduced a little more than 100 years ago, most Americans were taxed at a rate of only 1 percent.

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http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/a-list-of-97-taxes-americans-pay-every-year