An effective rate

Vincent Morris and Deborah Orin report on Teresa Heinz Kerry’s 2003 income tax information released yesterday: “Scouring Teresa’s taxes.” They report:

John Kerry’s near-billionaire wife, Teresa, reported more than $5 million in total income last year but paid only 12.5 percent in federal taxes

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