Friday, April 28, 2006

Hannity asserted federal, state, local governments "take about 50 percent of our income"; anti-tax group refutes claim

Fox News' Sean Hannity claimed that "the federal government and the state and local governments take about 50 percent of our income." Hannity's claim is contradicted by the conservative Tax Foundation, which has calculated that Americans' total tax burden has never exceeded 33.6 percent of income in a given year. Read more

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