Tax Burden for Most Americans Is Lower Than in the 1980s

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/us/most-americans-face-lower-tax-burden-than-in-the-80s.html?hp

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/30/us/tax-burden.html?ref=us

Despite their complaints, most Americans in 2010 paid far less in total taxes — federal, state and local — than they would have paid 30 years ago, according to an analysis by The Times.