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Major Nikon

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12. That is just Limbaughish bullshit, the same as 20% pay 80% of the taxes, etc.

Reply to lefthandedlefty (Original post)

Sun Dec 25, 2011, 12:03 AM

Dec 2011

Basically it's just something to give everyone a big shiny object to stare at instead of dealing with the reality of highly regressive overall taxes. When you start looking at the reality of who pays what taxes, Republicans are in big trouble and they know it. That's why they have to keep inventing this bullshit.

A big hunk of that "47%" are old people living on fixed incomes. The rest are working people who are too poor and overburdened with payroll taxes, sales taxes, excise taxes, fuel taxes, vehicle taxes, and all the other highly regressive taxes they have to pay.

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I keep hearing complaints about 47 percent of us not paying any income tax. [View all] lefthandedlefty Dec 2011 OP

I'm pretty sure Sedona Dec 2011 #1

Put em to work so they can pay taxes! proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 #3

Excellent point, makes the figures more honest. The ones spouting it just want to feel superior. freshwest Dec 2011 #6

Since the 47% figure is households Riftaxe Dec 2011 #11

Retirees also pay income taxes you know...a third are taxed on Social Security Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #29

people who pay more taxes are making more money before taxes and still making more money after taxes unblock Dec 2011 #2

A wingnut actually told me that the rich DESERVE to pay less in taxes proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 #5

sociopath. unblock Dec 2011 #8

Yeah, it is kicking someone when they're down. Fix the problem at the root, good thinking there. freshwest Dec 2011 #4

Exactly! The fact that 47% of the citizens don't earn enough to pay taxes is the sad part. FarLeftFist Dec 2011 #7

That isn't the difference. You can have a kid working part time who pays more in taxes. dkf Dec 2011 #16

The overall tax burden is the best response to that bhikkhu Dec 2011 #9

This is the data from your link. It doesn't support your numbers. dkf Dec 2011 #18

The 40% vs 17% refers to the cut-off between <200k vs >200k bhikkhu Dec 2011 #21

I used to pay about $4000/year marybourg Dec 2011 #10

That is just Limbaughish bullshit, the same as 20% pay 80% of the taxes, etc. Major Nikon Dec 2011 #12

That is such a red herring. What isn't paid in income tax is paid BlueToTheBone Dec 2011 #13

I believe everyone who files income taxes should pay a bit taught_me_patience Dec 2011 #14

I believe that figure includes children and poor seniors. More bull**** from the right. applegrove Dec 2011 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #17

Agreed, k and r Stuart G Dec 2011 #20

Its not just the rich CANDO Dec 2011 #22

It sounds better than pointing out that 47% of us have no income. nt bemildred Dec 2011 #23

For the 2011 tax year... LiberalFighter Dec 2011 #24

Clearly their children should be cleaning the schools. CTyankee Dec 2011 #25

The truth ErikJ Dec 2011 #26

when the repubs start agitating for the home mortgage interest deduction to be taken away, we might CTyankee Dec 2011 #30

Because most of us are not working for them. We are elderly on Social Security, Disabled making jwirr Dec 2011 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #28

Report: Rich-poor gap growing LiberalFighter Dec 2011 #31