Angry Op-Ed
Tax Dollars Disappear in Vast Enron-like Schemes
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We care a great deal about how government obtains revenue. Most current methods ("taxes") are unjust. We also need to look at how government revenue is spent, or squandered. Here are the findings of a new study by Catherine Austin Fitts of www.solari.com |
HOW MUCH OF YOUR MONEY GOES TO BOOKS "COOKED" BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS?
by Catherine Austin Fitts
Solari.com
"When the government pays your expenses,
then your gross is your net"
--- Philadelphia Mafia Leader
IF YOU LIVE IN CALIFORNIA
California Residents (April 2000 census): 33,871,648
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $185.2 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $5,467
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$4,724
IF YOU LIVE IN TEXAS
Texas Residents (April 2000 census): 20,851,820
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $104.4 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $5,007
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$4,324
IF YOU LIVE IN TENNESSEE
Residents (April 2000 census): 5,689,283
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 29.4 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $5,175
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$4,472
IF YOU LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA
Residents (April 2000 census): 12,281,054
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $70.6 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $5,751
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$4,966
IF YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK
Residents (April 2000 census): 18,976,457
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 145.8 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $7,681
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$6,639
IF YOU LIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS
Residents (April 2000 census): 6,349,097
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 50.9 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $8,022
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$6,926
IF YOU LIVE IN MICHIGAN
Residents (April 2000 census): 9,938,444
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 63.7 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $6,406
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$5,538
IF YOU LIVE IN FLORIDA
Residents (April 2000 census): 15,982,378
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 76.5 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $4,787
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$4,136
IF YOU LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA
Residents (April 2000 census): 8,049,313
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $35.4 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $4,394
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$3,797
IF YOU LIVE IN LOUISIANA
Residents (April 2000 census): 4,468,976
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 13.6 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $3,034
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$2,630
IF YOU LIVE IN ARIZONA
Residents (April 2000 census): 5,130,632
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 19.2 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $3,749
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$3,234
IF YOU LIVE IN GEORGIA
Residents (April 2000 census): 8,186,453
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $43,590,023
Taxes Per Resident: $5,324
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$4,595
IF YOU LIVE IN VIRGINIA
Residents (April 2000 census): 7,078,515
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 40.1 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $5,667
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$4904
IF YOU LIVE IN NEW JERSEY
Residents (April 2000 census): 8,414,350
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $69.4 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $8,250
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$7,133
IF YOU LIVE IN OHIO
Residents (April 2000 census): 11,353,140
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 66.7 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $5,876
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$5,079
IF YOU LIVE IN NEW MEXICO
Residents (April 2000 census): 1,819,046
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $5.5 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $ 3,007
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$2,584
IF YOU LIVE IN KENTUCKY
Residents (April 2000 census): 4,041,769
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 14.8 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $ 3,671
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$3,182
IF YOU LIVE IN UTAH
Residents (April 2000 census): 2,233,169
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 8.8 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $ 3,934
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$ 3,406
IF YOU LIVE IN MINNESOTA
Residents (April 2000 census): 4,919,479
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 42.8 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $ 8,694
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$ 7,506
IF YOU LIVE IN ARKANSAS
Residents (April 2000 census): 2,673,400
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 12. 3 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $ 4,598
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$3,983
IF YOU LIVE IN NEVADA
Residents (April 2000 census): 1,998,257
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $ 9.6 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $ 4,811
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$4,152
IF YOU LIVE IN MISSOURI
Residents (April 2000 census): 5,595,211
1999 IRS Individual Taxes: $33.2 billion
Taxes Per Resident: $ 5,926
2002 Proposed Appropriations to Federal Agencies Without Reliable
Financial Systems and/or Audits per resident...$5,116
AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE.....
Two of the agencies that can not produce working financial systems, DOD and HUD, have reported $3.3 trillion in assets missing for fiscal 1998, 1999 and 2000. The audited financials for 2001 are expected this month. That works out to about $11,700 per US resident, based on an April 2000 census of 281,421,906 Americans.
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Catherine Austin Fitts is affiliated with Solari, PO Box 157, Hickory Valley, Tennessee 38042.
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