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Fiscal Facts & Figures

Tax and Spending Charts

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Average Corporate Tax Rate in 30 Major Industrial Countries

Average Corporate Tax Rate in 30 Major Industrial Countries

Government Spending as a Share of Gross Domestic Product

Government Spending as a Share of Gross Domestic Product

Share of Federal Individual Income Taxes Paid by Income Group, 2007

Share of Federal Individual Income Taxes
Paid by Income Group, 2007

Government Spending as a Share of Gross Domestic Product

Federal Spending under Current Policies

Number of Pages of Federal Tax Rules

Number of Pages of Federal Tax Rules

Annual Increase in Total Federal Spending

Annual Increase in Total Federal Spending Excludes Interest, Billions of Dollars

Effective Federal Tax Rate by Income Group, 2006

Effective Federal Tax Rate by Income Group, 2006

Federal Spending and Revenues, Percent of GDP

Federal Spending and Revenues, Percent of GDP

Number of Federal Subsidy Programs

Number of Federal Subsidy Programs

Total Federal Spending in Trillions of Dollars

Total Federal Spending Trillions of Dollars