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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Catfish who wrote (8903)	11/11/1998 10:51:00 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13994

The old saying goes "there's nothing more permanent than a temporary government program.". What A Rip-Off! You're Paying $2,400 In Taxes You Don't Know About Brace yourself: If you're an average American you're shelling out a whopping $2,413 a year in taxes you don't even know about! These hidden taxes -- which total $639 BILLION annually -- are federal, state and local levies buried in with the prices of goods and services. One shocking example: Taxes on a gallon of gas amount to 59 percent! The pretax cost of gasoline dropped 31 cents a gallon between 1980 and 1995, but consumers never saw the decrease -- because at the same time taxes increased nearly 31 cents a gallon. According to the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, the tax on an $80 hotel room averages 43 percent. Add in the taxes on rental cars and airline tickets and a family of four would have to dish out $146 in hidden taxes to travel from Chicago to Orlando for a five-night stay at Disney World. Telephone taxes include a 3 percent excise tax mysteriously labeled a "Universal Service Fee." This money is used to finance Internet access and subsidies for users in rural areas. And cellular phone users pay up to 30 percent of their bill in taxes. Other outrageous hidden taxes include: 35 cents for a $1.14 loaf of bread. 18 cents on a 50-cent can of soda. $63.60 on a $159 airline ticket. 72 percent on a 750-milliliter bottle of liquor -- and 43 percent on a six-pack of beer. Import taxes designed to protect domestic suppliers from foreign competition include a 24 percent tax on pantie girdles, 32 percent on brooms, 18 percent on infant formulas and 143 percent on peanut butter! "Americans have no idea how high their tax burden is," said Bryan Riley of the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. If they did there might well be a second American revolution!" >>>>Perhaps they need to come out with a revised inflation index. >>>>One that takes out government taxes from products.