In 2009, Americans paid lowest tax rates in 30 years to federal government

but i thought the republican meme was that obama would raise your taxes?


Americans paid the lowest tax rates in 30 years to the federal government in 2009, in part because of tax cuts President Obama sought to combat the Great Recession, congressional budget analysts said Tuesday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...ment/2012/07/10/gJQAWc5bbW_story.html?hpid=z3

 

That 30 year 'low' correlates very nicely with the LFPR 30 year low.

 

But...

"Taxes are coming! Inflation is coming! Soaring interest rates are coming! Dollar debasement is coming! Default is coming! Buy gold!"