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* {{cite web |title=T13-0174 – Average Effective Federal Tax Rates by Filing Status; by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2014 |url= http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/numbers/displayatab.cfm?DocID=3933 |publisher=The Tax Policy Center |accessdate=2. oktober 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Huang|first1=Chye-Ching|last2=Frentz|first2=Nathaniel|title=What Do OECD Data Really Show About U.S. Taxes and Reducing Inequality?|url=http://www.cbpp.org/research/what-do-oecd-data-really-show-about-us-taxes-and-reducing-inequality|publisher=Center on Budget and Policy Priorities|accessdate=13. september 2015}}</ref><ref name="Dylan47">{{cite news |last=Matthews |first=Dylan |title=Other countries don't have a "47%" |url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/09/19/other-countries-dont-have-a-47/ |work=The Washington Post |accessdate=29. oktober 2013 |date=19. september 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Piketty |first=Thomas |last2=Saez |first2=Emmanuel |date=August 2006 |title=How Progressive is the U.S. Federal Tax System? A Historical and International Perspective |url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w12404 |journal=National Bureau of Economic Research|access-date=September 22, 2015}}</ref> De højeste 10% indkomster betaler majoriteten af føderale skatter,<ref>{{cite news |author=Jane Wells |title=The rich do not pay the most taxes, they pay ALL the taxes |url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/101264757#. |newspaper=CNBC |date=11. december 2013 |accessdate=14. januar 2015 }}<br />{{cite news |author=Steve Hargreaves |title=The rich pay majority of U.S. income taxes |url=http://money.cnn.com/2013/03/12/news/economy/rich-taxes/ |newspaper=CNN |date=12. marts 2013 |accessdate=14. januar 2015 }}<br />{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Top 10 Percent of Earners Paid 68 Percent of Federal Income Taxes |url=http://www.heritage.org/federalbudget/top10-percent-income-earners |year=2015 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150106065112/http://www.heritage.org/federalbudget/top10-percent-income-earners |archive-date=January 6, 2015 |website=2014 Federal Budget in Pictures |publisher=[[The Heritage Foundation]] |access-date=February 25, 2017}}<br />{{cite news |author=Stephen Dinan |title=CBO: The wealthy pay 70 percent of taxes |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/10/cbo-rich-pay-outsized-share-taxes/ |newspaper=Washington Times |date=10. juli 2012 |accessdate=14. januar 2015 }}<br />{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Tax Man Cometh! But For Whom? |url=http://www.npr.org/2012/04/15/150632993/the-tax-man-cometh-but-for-whom |newspaper=NPR |date=15. april 2012 |accessdate=14. januar 2015 }}</ref> og omkring halvdelen af alle skatter.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wamhoff|first1=Steve|title=Who Pays Taxes in America in 2014?|url=http://www.ctj.org/pdf/taxday2014.pdf|accessdate=17. januar 2015|publisher=Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy|date=7. april 2014}}</ref> Lønsumsafgifter til Social Security er en flad [[regressiv skat]], med ingen skattepligtig indkomst over $118,500 (for 2015 og 2016) og ingen skat overhovedet på [[kapitalindkomst]] fra ting som aktier og kapitalgevinster.<ref>{{cite web |last=Agadoni |first=Laura |title= Characteristics of a Regressive Tax |url= http://smallbusiness.chron.com/characteristics-regressive-tax-17562.html |publisher =Houston Chronicle Small Business blog}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxtopics/Payroll-Taxes.cfm |title=TPC Tax Topics &#124; Payroll Taxes |publisher=Taxpolicycenter.org |accessdate=13. januar 2014}}</ref> Den historiske begrundelse for lønsumsafgifternes regressive natur er disse velfærdsprogrammer ikke blevet set som overførselsindkomster.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Design of the Original Social Security Act |url= http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/genrev.html |work=Social Security Online |publisher=U.S. Social Security Administration |accessdate=3. april 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Blahous |first=Charles |title=The Dark Side of the Payroll Tax Cut |url= http://www.hoover.org/publications/defining-ideas/article/109216 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016140415/http://www.hoover.org/publications/defining-ideas/article/109216|archivedate=16. oktober 2013|work=Defining Ideas |publisher= Hoover Institution |accessdate=3. april 2013 |date=24. februar 2012}}</ref> Men nettoeffekten af Social Security er ifølge [[Congressional Budget Office|CBO]] progressiv, fordi forholdet mellem overførsel og skat spænder fra 70% for den højeste femtedel indkomster til omkring 170% procent for den laveste femtedel indkomster.<ref>[https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/109th-congress-2005-2006/reports/12-15-progressivity-ss.pdf Is Social SecurityProgressove? CBO]</ref>

Siden slutningen af det 19. århundrede, er populærmusik fra USA i stigende grad blevet verdenskendt, til det punkt hvor nogle former for amerikansk popmusik i dag kan høres næsten overalt.<ref>Provine, Rob med Okon Hwang og Andy Kershaw. "Our Life Is Precisely a Song" i ''Rough Guide to World Music, Volume 2'', s. 167. ISBN 1-85828-636-0.</ref> [[Afroamerikansk musik]]s rytmiske og lyriske stilarter har grundlæggende påvirket [[amerikansk musik]] i almindelighed og adskilt den fra europæiske musiktraditioner. Elementer fra [[folkemusik]] [[Idiom|idiomer]] såsom [[blues]], og hvad der nu er kendt som [[oldtime]], blev brugt og transformeret til [[Populær musikPopulærmusik|populære genrer]] med globale publikum. [[Jazz]] blev i starten af 20. århundrede udviklet af pionere som [[Louis Armstrong]] og [[Duke Ellington]]. [[Country]]musik blev udviklet i 1920'erne og [[rhythm and blues]] i 1940'erne.<ref name="autogenerated2001">Biddle, Julian (2001). ''What Was Hot!: Five Decades of Pop Culture in America''. New York: Citadel, p. ix. ISBN 0-8065-2311-5.</ref>