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Social Security Contribution and Rate Schedule

(percent of covered earnings)Year Retirement survivors,and disability insurance Hospital insurance (%)TotalEmployers and Employees 1978 4.95% 1.10% 6.05%1979–80 5.08 1.05 6.131981 5.35 1.30 6…

U.S. Birth Rates: 1910 to 2009

In this quiz, we'll take a deep dive into U.S. birth rates from 1910 to 2009, exploring the major trends and events that have affected the birth rate over time. From the post-World War II Baby Boom…

single tax

(Encyclopedia) single tax, any levy that serves as the government's only source of revenue. Generally, however, it is understood to mean a tax derived from economic rent and used as the sole source…

wind chill

(Encyclopedia) wind chill, the cooling effect of wind and temperature combined, expressed in terms of the effect produced by a lower, windless temperature, also called wind chill factor, wind chill…

Davidson, John

(Encyclopedia) Davidson, John, 1857–1909, Scottish poet. After teaching in Scotland he went to London. There, struggling with poverty and illness, he wrote Fleet Street Eclogues (1893; Ser. 2, 1896…

George, Henry

(Encyclopedia) George, Henry, 1839–97, American economist, founder of the single tax movement, b. Philadelphia. Of a poor family, his formal education was cut short at 14, and in 1857 he emigrated to…