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The tax burden in recent decades has declined. From 1979 to 2004, most in-come groups experienced a decline in the percent of their income paid in federal taxes. The income tax burden for medium-income families is down to an historical low of less than six percent of income paid for federal income taxes (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2007). Tax rules are public policies set by legislators. As such, they are very political and subject to the beliefs and values of the majority. It is important to remember that paying taxes may be a requirement of govern-ment, but who pays what and how much can be changed. In fact, there are numerous exceptions to what parts of our income we must pay taxes for, as out-lined in Box 9.6. Each year the federal government excludes or exempts parts of our gross income from taxes. These special exclusions include exemptions or de-ductions for contributions to our pension funds, mortgage interest paid on our homes, and contributions to charities. All these exclusions can be changed through policy and are subject to the legislative actions of the federal govern-ment. In 2008, almost $700 billion tax dollars were not collected by the federal government through these legal exclusions (Joint Committee on Taxation, 2008). Thus, when debating the extent of taxes we pay, whether it is too high or too low, we must also consider the taxes that we do not pay due to public policies of exemption, deduction, or exclusion.
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