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Income taxes are not the only kind of taxes. 86% of Americans pay payroll or income tax. Dreaded Anomaly Send a noteboard - 23/02/2012 09:51:50 PM
You might take a look at the remarks from the Tax Policy Center, who did the research, instead of Heritage, who blatantly (and probably willfully) misinterpreted it to push their own views.

EDIT: clarified post title.
About Those 47 Percent Who Pay “No Taxes.”
This message last edited by Dreaded Anomaly on 24/02/2012 at 04:48:05 AM
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Why Joel is CRAZY - Nearly Half of All Americans Don't Pay Federal Income Taxes - 23/02/2012 04:43:15 AM 1407 Views
A not so hypothetical situation... - 23/02/2012 05:46:44 AM 832 Views
Your paying more money now than then. Lower rate but more money *NM* - 23/02/2012 07:52:51 AM 508 Views
Accurate statement, but not a justification *NM* - 23/02/2012 03:44:55 PM 397 Views
Re: A not so hypothetical situation... - 23/02/2012 02:39:43 PM 938 Views
I don't know much about that. - 23/02/2012 03:53:27 PM 774 Views
Why the heck do you think the current tax system is skewed to the rich? - 23/02/2012 03:18:43 PM 972 Views
That's a fair question - 23/02/2012 03:52:08 PM 861 Views
You're operating under the same fallacy he does - that people should pay income taxes. - 23/02/2012 12:05:52 PM 1030 Views
In much the same way - 23/02/2012 01:40:58 PM 983 Views
Same argument re: fallacies - 24/02/2012 02:52:17 PM 813 Views
Was meant as a joke reply - 02/03/2012 06:30:15 PM 1000 Views
Joel is crazy, but I highly doubt that this is "why" - 23/02/2012 01:36:37 PM 1021 Views
HA! HA! Very well played! *NM* - 23/02/2012 03:49:35 PM 355 Views
You mention this statistic all the time. - 23/02/2012 02:16:47 PM 708 Views
Obviously, we are talking about the bottom 50%..... - 23/02/2012 03:22:43 PM 742 Views
How do you account for retired folks? - 23/02/2012 04:18:59 PM 957 Views
social security isn't taxable either *NM* - 24/02/2012 04:21:21 AM 412 Views
Easy... he doesn't. - 25/02/2012 02:56:05 AM 692 Views
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Federal taxes - 23/02/2012 04:18:22 PM 831 Views
Your figures are fairly unrealistic - 23/02/2012 04:54:44 PM 1030 Views
Not entirely. - 23/02/2012 06:30:18 PM 779 Views
On exempting SS income: - 25/02/2012 02:30:43 AM 782 Views
Is there any reason why one should exclude the other? - 23/02/2012 07:32:09 PM 830 Views
Income taxes are not the only kind of taxes. 86% of Americans pay payroll or income tax. - 23/02/2012 09:51:50 PM 980 Views

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