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From: JWALES3@UA1VM.BITNET (Jimbo)
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Subject: Re: Bizarro newsletters and Jimbo's most heinous c
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Date: 8 Feb 90 16:54:29 GMT
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In-Reply-To:  Message of Wed, 7 Feb 90 22:44:14 EST from <PH408014@BROWNVM>

On Wed, 7 Feb 90 22:44:14 EST Tim Johnson said:
>Jimbo -
>    At one point you suggested
>that the government actually derived only a small fraction
>of its income from personal income taxes.  I remember seeing
>an article in our Providence journal suggesting that the
>total from personal income tax was upwards of 40% of the income.
>(Perhaps more...my memory is hazy on this.)
>  Could you please back that up, or tell me I'm delirious and
>didn't really hear you say that at all....
>
>                                          -Tim

O.k. The number I had was something like 30% of government revenue.
I could chop that much out of the budget in about 5 seconds.

I got the number from Libertarian propaganda, though, and freely admit
that it may be wrong.

--Jimbo