President Obama has two great sources of electoral power.
The first, as you say, is this —
I don’t pay taxes. Other people do. President Obama promises to take from them and give to me. What’s not to like?
Second is this. He has brown skin. I have brown skin. Therefore, he is doing a good job.
It’s an almost unbeatable combination. By contrast, a white guy with persistent 8 percent unemployment would be toast.
I would think that quite a few of our little uninformed Americans who “don’t pay taxes” don’t even know that. Because money is taken from the paychecks, they may not even associate the February and March “refunds” as that money taken from them the previous year. Most of what they pay is into Social Security any way. They may not see a connection and still think they are “taxpayers.” One can never underestimate the lack of knowledge of the American people.