More Tax Gouging

April 26th, 2007 by Senior Editor: Jeff

U.S. tax receipts have reached a new one-day record.  Again.  Last year’s record was $36.4 billion.  This year the U.S. Treasury collected $48.7 billion in one day from individuals.  That’s a 34% increase year over year.  Last September, a record for total tax receipts was achieved-including those from businesses.  ARO contrasted that with the big hullaballoo over Exxon’s record profit of $36 billion for the whole year.

And they need more of our money in order to balance the budget?  In the words of the esteemed John Stossel, give me a break.



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