I know that. AND SO DO THEY!
Exactly why I have been in a pissy mood for the last several years. I write a check every year on top of what they withhold. I adjust it for next year and I still get screwed.
If you are a couple, and your only income consists of qualified stock dividends, you can have an income of up nearly $100K and pay no Federal income tax. Such an income would put you in the top 20% of households.
IMHO - If we have an income tax and even one person is taxed then every one should have to pay some tax.
Even if it is only a few dollars out of their wages or government handout.
It’s like Big Choomer Obama said - everyone should have some skin in the game.
Even if it is only a few dollars worth of skin.
(although this isn’t what he meant)
The 45% who pay no taxes at all might think differently about government handouts and other spending if they knew some of it was coming out of their pockets.
From “This Week” on ABC, Jan 11, 2009:
BARACK OBAMA:
“What we have to do is to take a look at our structural deficit, how are we paying for government, what are we getting for it, and how do we make the system more efficient?”
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS:
“And eventually sacrifice from everyone.”
BARACK OBAMA:
“Everybody is going to have to give. Everybody is going to have to have some skin in the game.”
When people are working three jobs a day, that used to be for High School kids and kids working their way through College, then you could pay income tax...
The government have no one to blame but themselves for this complaining, they were the ones that sent our jobs out of America and people have to flip burgers for a living, no income tax, not enough money to pay...
The Seniors didn’t get a COLA raise this year because as obuma put it: “The gas prices were to low”...since when does gas prices affect SS???
So when the jobs come back, and the manufacturing starts, then the income taxes will be paid, until then, forgetaboutit!!!
Yet in the bizzarro world that Hussein 0bama has ushered in, those that don't pay hate those that do - even when it is explained that they are supporting them!
I am the 55%.
Sent $1,800 off this weekend, and somewhere a useless Democrat 47% is receiving my money...Why don’t I feel warm and fuzzy?
But they do pay taxes to the feds in other ways.
How many of those 45% are people on Social Security who paid in all their lives?
Not true.
Every working person is paying SS amd Medicare to Feds.
You cannot even deduct those from gross income.
Obama’s base!
And they get to vote to raise your taxes so they get more free stuff!
The article said it’s 45.3% of American households so it’s actually higher than 45.3% of total Americans.
I’d rather be a worker bee paying taxes than a loafer/scammer. Really, I’m thankful I have an honest job (courier) and make an honest wage. I hope GOD gives me good labor till he takes me OUT!
I pay enough for all of them And danged tired of it Just gave the IRS the entire contents of my savings account today
No one who pays no federal income tax should be allowed to vote in a federal election.
When it comes to all federal taxes...
Maybe the author of this article should’ve studied the tax laws before writing the article because every tax listed in that paragraph above are all excise taxes. Every single one of them including income and payroll of any kind! Excise taxes are taxes on privileged activity, they have nothing to do with unprivileged private sector earnings.
We just filed tonight.
We’re not part of the 45%.
I do not agree with the Earned Income Tax Credit, I think the reason it exists is so people of lower incomes have no idea what they do or don’t pay in taxes. If they paid the fair rate for their wages they would have a greater understanding of the tax issues. Using the EIC if they have 2 children they are into middle incomes in many areas of the country and still owe no taxes. People of lower incomes can “get back” several thousand dollars as a “refund” when maybe a few hundred was taken from their check all year. From my observations most of those that get back the big “refunds” just blow the money instead of spending it to better themselves. This is also seriously taken advantage of by illegals, and the IRS turns a blind eye to it.
I think the EIC needs to be done away with, the howls would be huge so I would probably phase it out over a few years but it really needs to go.