The federal government and most states use a system of progressive income tax rates. This means that as your taxable income increases, so does your maximum tax rate. In the 2014 tax year, for example, single people with a taxable income of $9,075 or less pay federal income tax at the tax rate of 10 percent.n the 2014 tax year, for example, single people with a taxable income of $9,075 or less pay federal income tax at the tax rate of 10 percent.
Betty White Is Not Dead, The Internet Just Got Its Homophones Mixed Up. Betty White, pillar of humanity and shining example of all that is funny and spectacular in the world, fell victim to a death hoax Wednesday evening, Sept. 3. White's many fans and other Internet news consumers who don't read past headlines confused dyes with dies and satire with reality, and pronounced the Golden Girls star dead.
Betty Ford, wife of former President Gerald Ford and the founder of the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and addiction, has died at age 93. In public, she was one of the most visible and outspoken first ladies in history. In private, she triumphed over serious personal adversity. She was married to Gerald Ford for 58 years. Shortly after becoming president in 1974, Ford said, I am indebted to no man and to only one woman, my dear wife.. Ford died Friday at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., ABC News has learned.