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

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by Lori Montgomery, washingtonpost.com
November 30th -0001

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.