[gogogodzilla]

Those making under 50K or so currently don’t pay any Federal income tax.

Bull.

The marginal tax rate for those making $34,500-83,600 is 25%.

And unless you know a different sort of math than I, $34,500 is less than $50,000.

[Cruising For Freedom]

Part of the problem with our tax structure is that it's full of complex social engineering; you can't tell anything just from looking at marginal tax rates. The average household of 4 will, indeed, not pay any income tax. Go to H&R Block's tax estimator and enter the following information: Married Filed Jointly, $49,000, 2 dependents, 0 withholding. You will see that you indeed get $187 in a refund even though you haven't paid any income taxes. Of course, the numbers change quite a bit depending on how you tweak the number of dependents and filing status. Perhaps what wilco200 meant was that the average household defined as a family of four making a median income does not pay any taxes.

[jgge]

After they file for all the deductions and the minimum earned tax credit almost 50% of the population pays no federal taxes under the current tax code but under Cain the TALKER 9-9-9 tax plan they would be paying 9% tax on their income and without any allowed deduction plus another 9% on almost everything they purchase including the basics such as food and taxes.

[jgge]

After they file for all the deductions and the minimum earned tax credit almost 50% of the population pays no federal taxes under the current tax code but under Cain the TALKER 9-9-9 tax plan they would be paying 9% tax on their income and without any allowed deduction plus another 9% on almost everything they purchase including the basics such as food and clothings.