04.20.06
That Sneaky Government
Thank you, John Stossel…
In 1904, government, federal and state, cost every citizen $20 per year, according to a 1999 Tax Foundation study. Don’t blame inflation –that only brought it to $340. For more than 150 years after we declared independence, we spent less than $1,000 each on government. Yet by 1999, government cost every man, woman and child an average of more than $10,000 per year — more than housing and health care combined. The price went down a little after that, but then it started climbing again.
You probably don’t know how much you pay, because the government is sneaky about how it taxes you.
Read more: The Sneaky Government & Your Tax Burden
