Economics fun

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-06-20 12:21am

Some explanation on the Laffer curve (math heavy)
http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/fest/files/Monissen.htm

Historical Unemployment trends 1945-2002
http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/Antler/ima ... trends.htm

Federal State and Local expenditures as % of GDP
http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/Antler/editorials/k2.htm

Effective Tax Rate
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts ... w/rate.cfm

US Budget Breakdown historically (excel spreadsheet)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy ... st03z1.xls

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-06-20 12:31am

The effective tax rate tables dont tell me how to figure out what percentile my income is in.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-06-20 04:22am

TrailerParkJawa wrote:The effective tax rate tables dont tell me how to figure out what percentile my income is in.

http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts ... income.cfm

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-06-20 05:46pm

So that means Im in the 3rd quintile. Last year, I was at the upper end of it, this year I will be lucky to make the mean. My fed taxes are really low thought, cause my first year in a house allows a lot of deductions.