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Old 04-26-2012, 07:55 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by zimmy View Post
Your numbers aren't federal receipts/revenues. They also aren't "all revenue" for the federal government. The revenue of the federal government is what is in the data table. Whatever the numbers you posted are, they have mislead you. No matter how it is spun, federal tax rates are pretty much as low as they have been in 60 or 70 years. As a result of the recession, fed revenues dropped.
You are right. My numbers are total government revenue which includes state and local. All the same to me.

Here is the site.
Government Revenue Details: Federal State Local for 2008 - Charts

Not sure how you come up with the 60/70 year thing though
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