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I me q>iu,uuu iamiiy must have $11,764, an increase of 17.6 percent, to be as well off as before. In Rappahannock County, according to data compiled by the Standard Rate and Data Service, most families have more than made up for the inroads caused by higher prices and bigger taxes and are living in bet|pr style than they did previously. The average net income locally rose from $2,796 per family ten years ago to $5,272 in the past year. It amounted to an increase of 88.6 percent, which is considerably more than the Loss suffered through inflation.
Elsewhere in the United States, there was a 40.1 percent gain in the period. In the State of Virginia, the rise was 40.2 percent. As for the current year, further gains in income will be needed, both for the working man and for his employer, if their purchasing power is to
[be maintained at its present level. i As 1967 got under way, they were faced with bigger social isecurity taxes, further inflaItion and a possible increase in Federal income taxes. : Also under Tax Foundation [scrutiny in< the study were
[state and local taxes and the extent to which they have grown in recent years. ! In the State of Virginia, these [taxes have climbed from ! $ 128 per capita to $188 per [capita in a period of eight [years, it finds. The rise was
[47 percent.
In other states, the increases ranged from a low of 37 percent, in Oregon, to a high of 119 percent, in Delaware.
85.9%