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Marginal Tax-Rates and the Working Poor

By Charlie Deist | Published: January 13, 2010
Often times, a graph will speak louder than words. Such is the case with this chart posted by Michael Cannon on Cato-at-Liberty: Cannon produced the chart for a study on the effects of two proposed health-care bills and the mandates they require of individuals and families to purchase  above a certain income level. The marginal tax-rate [...]
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