Avoid antibiotics when a sore throat is due to infection with a virus. The antibiotics will not help. Using them to treat viral infections helps strengthen bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics. Gargle several times a day with warm salt water (1/2 tsp of salt in 1 cup water).
1 Tax Policy Center data show that only about 17 percent of households did not pay any federal income tax or payroll tax in 2009, despite the high unemployment and temporary tax cuts that marked that year. [ 2 5] In 2007, a more typical year, the figure was 14 percent.
The states whose residents pay the least in taxes are: 1  Alaska at 6.4% of income. 2  Nevada at 6.6% of income. 3  Wyoming at 7% of income.  Florida at 7.4% of 1  income. New Hampshire at 7.6% of income.