Chart of the day: US federal spending and receipts

By Edward Harrison On Jun 29, 2008

The chart below is yet another from Perot Charts. I have no particular message in mind with this chart except to inform my readers how the government gets and uses tax monies.

One issue to note is the outsize proportion of taxes that come from individuals despite the U.S. having a relatively high corporate tax rate. Certainly, part of this has to do with tax loopholes making effective tax rates for favored industries lower. However, that issue is a debate into which I won’t wade.

Below is a related post on taxation from Amity Shlaes, taking the low tax side of the debate.

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This post is part of my chart of the day series.

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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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