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.
Rue McClanahan passed away in 2010 at age 76 from a stroke. Bea Arthur died from cancer in 2009 at age 86, and Estelle Getty, who suffered from Lewy body dementia, a progressive brain disease, died in 2008 at age 84. Surviving Golden Girls star Betty White, 91, is as busy as ever. She currently stars on the hit comedy series, Hot in Cleveland.