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Originally Posted by woj
In the document you posted a link to:
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3505
facts? one just needs to read the first sentence "Close to half of U.S. households currently do not owe federal income tax."... I don't see where in that report that fact is denied...
please spell out exactly where you think that fact is denied...  |
Read the fucking article instead of the first sentence.
"
These figures cover only the federal income tax and ignore the substantial amounts of other federal taxes — especially the payroll tax — that many of these households pay. As a result, these figures greatly overstate the share of households that do not pay federal taxes. Tax Policy Center data show that only about 17 percent of households did not pay any federal income tax or payroll tax in 2009, despite the high unemployment and temporary tax cuts that marked that year.[5] In 2007, a more typical year, the figure was 14 percent. This percentage would be even lower if it reflected other federal taxes that households pay, including excise taxes on gasoline and other items."
Don't be a freaking tool.. The 47% paying no taxes was just one federal tax and has been misrepresented to the American public as a way to push their agenda. The people that "OWE" no
Federal Income Tax at the end of the year have already paid their fair share of
Federal Payroll Tax.
The 47% is nothing more than a play of words by the right wing to misrepresent the facts. The people they claim don't pay taxes have already paid their taxes via the Fed Payroll tax and simply just do not owe anything at the end of the year after their taxes are filed.