You forget that most people who file returns do it to get a gubment check (tax credit) not because they pay taxes.
I'm in that top 10% that pays 50% of the bill, so I figure that this years tax liability for my wife and I (just this year and just federal) comes to $255,730.
I am glad to see this article. For weeks the GOP leaders have been talking on tv in terms of billions and trillions, figures that completely wash over most people. As Reagan said in his autobiography, you must relate this waste and debt in figures that ordinary Americans can understand.
The GOP should be pounding on the 25 K figure, not 3 or 4 trillion. Then they should look in the camera and ask the American people if they would rather keep the 25 K or let the government steal it from their children and grandchildren.