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CNN.com - Federal Income Tax - Apr 13, 2006 |
 | | Income tax is a complicated subject, but in its simplest terms, the federal government takes a percentage of one's earnings, based on the amount one earns, to pay for the services and programs that the government provides. |
 | | In that sense, the federal income tax is often referred to as a "progressive" tax, or simply put, the more money you make, the more taxes you have to pay, although there is a point where the percentage you pay levels off no matter how much you earn. |
 | | Others oppose tax cuts because they believe that the government should provide basic services and programs to all people, and they suggest these programs might lose their funding if the money from the cuts is lost. |
| www.cnn.com /2006/EDUCATION/04/13/extra.income.tax/index.html (522 words) |
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