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The ability of the United States government to tax and spend in specific regions has large implications to economic activity and performance. Taxes are indexed to wages and profits and therefore areas of high taxation are correlated with areas of higher per capita income and more economic activity.
For example, the top tax rate was lowered from 70% to 50% in 1980 and reached as low as 28% in 1988. The Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, extended by President Obama in 2010, lowered the top rate from 39.6% to 35%. [19] The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 raised the income tax rates for individuals earning over $400,000 and couples over ...
National defense spending is any government spending attributable to the maintenance and strengthening of the United States Armed Forces, including the Army, Navy, Marines, and the Air Force. [15] As of the fiscal year 2019 budget approved by Congress, national defense is the largest discretionary expenditure in the federal budget . [ 14 ]
Biden's whopping $7.3T budget includes $5.5T in tax hikes, $11.8B for the border crisis, and $850B for the Pentagon — is it 'reckless spending' or much-needed relief for American families?
Biden's budget for the 2025 fiscal year that starts in October includes raising the corporate income tax rate to 28 from 21%, hiking rates on people making over $400,000, forcing those with wealth ...
The forecasts include Trump’s proposal to lower the corporate income tax to 15% from 21% but not his latest comments that this rate would be reserved only for companies that produce their goods ...
This is currently over half of U.S. government spending, the remainder coming from state and local governments. During FY2022, the federal government spent $6.3 trillion. Spending as % of GDP is 25.1%, almost 2 percentage points greater than the average over the past 50 years.
When Keating was elected governor in the fall 1994, the income tax rate at 6.75% was two percentage points higher than it is today. At the same time, Oklahoma’s average teacher pay was $28,745 ...