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.
A lot of Americans feel like they're getting cheated at tax time. But you can learn a lot about the U.S. tax burden by looking at five simple charts. Certain well-paid people pay out a good chunk of their salaries. This year, a single filer owes the Internal Revenue Service 39.6 percent of any income over $415,050.