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.
During the 2010 tax season, Americans paid 9.9% of their income on state and local taxes. This number, according to a report this week by The Tax Foundation, is up from 9.3% in 2000, but is basically unchanged from 2009.