21.   The biggest issue is whether to allow state and local governments to collect sales taxes from online purchases.

22.   The Clinton plan also overestimated the amount of revenue the government would collect, the analysis concluded.

23.   The continued sensitivity on the issue was clear on Tuesday in the technical dispute over how the government would collect the extra premium money from affluent Medicare recipients.

24.   The current calculations started with the good news that the government collected more tax receipts and spent less money than planned.

25.   The decision was personal, Ehrlich said, and not based on growing criticism of the way the U.S. government collects and analyzes U.S. economic statistics.

26.   The drive to transform the way the federal government collects taxes is picking up speed.

27.   The federal government can collect income taxes on punitive damage awards in personal injury lawsuits, the Supreme Court ruled.

28.   The federal government does not collect data on consumer complaints against HMOs, but it does tabulate disputes involving elderly patients covered by Medicare who participate in HMOs.

29.   The government collects far more for Social Security than the program currently needs.

30.   The government collects no royalties from minerals extracted on federal land.