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Oh, you mean the amount of business activity there was, so more income and more taxes, before Bush crashed the economy. Ah ha, I see.

For all the popularity of a flat tax, I guess I'm still a bit of a bleeding heart liberal. My income is certainly up from when I was younger and raising a family and I'm willing to take the hit of the graduated income tax to lessen the tax burden on the poor. I've been poor. It ain't fun.

Sg