The total is approx 68 million.
Only 45.4% of the U.S. population had jobs in 2010.
Population is approx. 300 million.
45.4 % is 136,200 and there's only 68 million tax filers ?
and unemployment is only 8.8 % ?
I'm sure I'm missing something....
300 million includes a lot of children too. Figure somewhere around 150 million working (and therefore allegedly tax-paying) adults.