Juan Cole: Tax Deadbeat Romney Calls Other Non-Taxpayers Leeches

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12. Cole's graph shows senior citizens are the biggest "leeches" in romney's world.

Actually, obviously *more* than half of Americans pay no Federal income tax. They are children, homemakers, retired and elderly, unemployed, under-employed, or working poor. Why would you expect them to pay taxes? I thought Romney was all upset when Ann Romney was accused of never having worked a day in her life because mother and homemaker is *work*. But now stay at home mothers are leeches and suckers for Obama because they don’t file an independent income tax form?

Almost all those who pay no Federal income tax are youth or elderly retirees:

http://economistsview.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b33869e2017d3c1e209a970c-800wi

Romney's blast at people who don't pay income taxes seems targeted at senior citizens and young people per the chart.