Tax Freedom Day Underestimates How Long You Work for the Government

04/15/2026 Jonathan Newman

While Tax Freedom Day is mid-April, Rothbard’s measure of the government’s fiscal burden reveals that Americans don’t truly start working for themselves until June 5, over seven weeks later.

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/tax-freedom-day-underestimates-how-long-you-work-government

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