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Governments — federal, state and local — get their money from you. Here are the chief ways they do it. Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock.com
Where does the government get its money? From taxpayers like you, of course. However, some types of taxes provide a lot more revenue to federal, state and local governments than others. Recently, the Tax Foundation took a deep dive into the data to uncover which taxes provide the most money to governments. Following are the top sources.