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Before the Income Tax

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This year — 2013 — marks the 100th anniversary of the modern income tax, a tax that dominates the revenue scheme of the federal government today. Individual income taxes accounted for about 45 percent of all federal tax revenue in 2012, along with 35 percent for Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes (which are also a tax on income), 10 percent for corporate income taxes, and only 10 percent for all other tax sources.

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Out of Chaos, Order: Now IMF Seeks Collective, World Bail-Out of Europe

Out of Chaos, Order: Now IMF Seeks Collective, World Bail-Out of Europe | MN News Hound | Scoop.it

Right on schedule, the International Monetary Fund's Christine Lagarde has emerged to call for a united, Western effort to salvage the Eurozone and perhaps the euro.

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