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April 15th Tax Day Git-em-Done

Today is the day when taxes are due (as I'm sure you are aware) But were you aware that this year was a 'good' year for taxes? According to the non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities "Middle-income Americans are now paying federal taxes at or near historically low levels." Taxes have not gone up and have actually gone down from previous years. Wow!
Want to celebrate? There are plenty of places celebrating tax day across the country. Many restaurants and clothing stores are doing 'Happy Tax-Day' promotions anything from free donuts to discounted clothes! Huffington Post shows all the worthwhile food-freebies
Still want to know more about tax day? Here are some tax day facts:
Do you live in Chicago? Because Chi-town has the 2nd latest filers in the country...Houston, Texas is #1 according to the Wall Street Journal
Did you know that income taxes are what put Al Capone behind bars?
Did you know that people have actually used the argument "Money isn't legal tender" to avoid paying taxes??

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