HALF of Americans don't pay income tax despite crippling government debt
- 151.7m people - 49.5% of the U.S. population - paid no federal income tax in 2009, figures show
Only half of U.S. citizens pay federal income tax, according to the latest available figures.
In 2009, just 50.5 per cent of Americans paid any income tax to the federal government - the lowest proportion in at least half a century.
That’s the key phrase: the largest number of freeloaders and the smallest number of working taxpayers in 50 years. When GWBush took office, only 34 percent of Americans were riding in the “let someone else pay” wagon.
Now, thanks to the policies of the Food Stamp President, we now have the largest dependent class and the smallest working/responsible class since the Great Depression. And he wants to make it worse.
President Obama wants a massive $250 billion tax hike on corporations, forcing them even to pay taxes on money they earn (and get taxed on by) foreign countries. He wants to raise income and payroll taxes on top earners—who already pay more than half the tax bill by themselves—to around 44 percent. He also wants to triple the tax on dividends. Trillions of new taxes over the next 10 years on people already paying taxes—to pay down debt? Uh, no.
President Obama wants to transfer most of that money to the Americans who are already paying nothing.
In a study from the mid-2000’s, the US had a far more “progressive” tax system than the pinkos in Europe. It’s only gotten more unfair progressive since. So what is President Obama talking about when he says “the rich aren’t paying their fair share?”
Hey, Obama—half of Americans are paying NOTHING. How is that “fair?”
I’m not calling for a tax hike on the poor. I’m just trying to stop this economically-irrational class warfare. Families earning $50,000 or more are paying virtually the entire federal income tax bill, and getting none of the benefits.
If that’s you, then YOU ARE THE 50.5%! And you’re getting screwed.



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