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April 2010
The phrase “free at last” is associated with spirituals and the emancipation movement. Today, physical slavery isn’t a threat; but economic slavery looms. And the economic shackles are growing heavier and tighter.
The Tax Foundation says that Friday, April 9, will be Tax Freedom Day. The organization defines Tax Freedom Day as “the date on which Americans will have worked long enough to have earned enough money to pay this year’s tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels.”
The Tax Foundation also tracks Tax Freedom Day by state. For Texas it was yesterday, April 5. It could be worse—and in a few years it WILL be a lot worse. It could also be a lot better.
Alaska was the first state to reach the goal this year, March 26. And Connecticut will be dead last, on April 27.
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Author: Merrill Matthews, Jr. || Location: Lewisville, Texas, USA