[crusty old prospector]

Everyone, regardless of income level, should be paying SOME taxes.

My sentiments exactly. Of course, the democraps know this, too.

[Gaffer]

It’s a word game. To the lazy, payroll taxes (they call it, but are really SS and Medicare payments) are the same as income tax. EITC and advance EITC, AFDC, WICs, and all the other welfare payments pretty much has created a sizable cadre of leisure time shoppers collecting on the bennies. It is disgusting.