Comments on: Three questions: https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/07/three-questions/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:07:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/07/three-questions/#comment-13344 TB Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:47:29 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=12514#comment-13344 <p>It's the Congressional Budget Office. A pretty good source.</p> You can get income tax data from the IRS website (start with Table 5 and 6 <a href="http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/indtaxstats/article/0,,id=133521,00.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>), but they don't factor in payroll taxes, which any fair analysis would have to do. The tables are Excel spreadsheets. If a password box comes up just hit "cancel." It loads as read-only. It’s the Congressional Budget Office. A pretty good source.

You can get income tax data from the IRS website (start with Table 5 and 6 here), but they don’t factor in payroll taxes, which any fair analysis would have to do.

The tables are Excel spreadsheets. If a password box comes up just hit “cancel.” It loads as read-only.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/07/three-questions/#comment-13342 Jody Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:58:43 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=12514#comment-13342 Where I got those three questions <a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21530093" rel="nofollow">Maybe this will help VRB</a> Where I got those three questions Maybe this will help VRB

]]> By: VelociraptorBlade https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/07/three-questions/#comment-13341 VelociraptorBlade Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:47:40 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=12514#comment-13341 Are there any other sites like that one that you know of? I'd like to double-check it's info. Are there any other sites like that one that you know of? I’d like to double-check it’s info.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/04/07/three-questions/#comment-13337 TB Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:24:22 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=12514#comment-13337 <p>Spend some time on <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/publication/42870" rel="nofollow">this site.</a></p> Read the links, and look at the graphs. Note that "Federal Taxes" in these charts includes <em>all</em> of them: income, social insurance, excise, and corporate. Pay particular attention to the first part of <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/Tax_liability_Shares.pdf" rel="nofollow">this chart</a>: "Share of Total Federal Tax Liabilities. It also shows the changes since 1979. I hope that answers some of your questions. I have posted this information many times. Spend some time on this site.

Read the links, and look at the graphs. Note that “Federal Taxes” in these charts includes all of them: income, social insurance, excise, and corporate.

Pay particular attention to the first part of this chart: “Share of Total Federal Tax Liabilities. It also shows the changes since 1979.

I hope that answers some of your questions.

I have posted this information many times.

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