[DeathfromBelow]

You are wrong.

They pay sales taxes GOES TO STATES and other non-income taxes Not Property Taxes (usually don't own property) Goes to state/locals anyway and fees who doesn't, on telephone, cable, water, sewer, you name it and payroll taxes Medicare, social security if they work But none of these go to the Fed except Social Security so the DemoRats can spend more on give-away programs, and Medicare to pay the old folks medical bills, if they live long enough.

[NC28203]

First, those that are renters are paying property taxes, it's just included in the cost of their rent. I concur that those are local taxes.
Second, the federal governement actually is very successful at nickel and diming us out of our money in addition to income and payroll taxes. Have you seen the taxes on a gallon of gas or carefully read your phone bill? So the working poor actually are paying federal taxes. As the table in post #13 states, the lowest quintile pays 4.2% of their income to the federal governement and the second quintile pays 14.2%.

[Consort]

Does any federal tax money go to the states as block grants or by any other means? If so, and some this money is returned to people who pay sales taxes, then am I still wrong?