THE NUMBERS: Tariff collection, January-August 2009 Total: $17.5 billion Clothes $5.3 billion Shoes $1.2 billion Cars/trucks $1.1 billion All else $5.9 billion WHAT THEY MEAN: America’s six main taxes in 2008: income taxes raised $1.15 trillion; payroll taxes $900 billion; corporate income tax $304 billion; excise taxes on gasoline, liquor and cigarettes $67 billion; estate [...]