Sounds like a great line, and I know a number of FReepers who have run with it, but it doesn't hold water. A huge chunk of the 47% don't pay personal federal income tax because they have no tax liability -- e.g., they only make $25-$30K a year, and the standard deduction wipes out their liability. (That number actually grew with the Bush tax cuts.) Then of course there are the elderly who get tax credits, etc.
You can't villanize people simply because they don't make enough money to pay taxes. In other words, you can't assume that they are dependent upon government largesse or believe they are entitled to such largesse simply because they have lower paying jobs.
” - - - You can’t villanize people simply because they don’t make enough money to pay taxes.”
Are you saying that 47 % of American taxpayers are below the Poverty Line?
I say that the politicians, including GWB, buy votes by promising voters free stuff. Right now 47 % of American voters get free stuff and will vote to keep it that way.
Romney FINALLY stepped up to the plate and hit the home run that we have been asking him to do.
The Vote-Buying Free Stuff politicians love it that they almost have 51 % of voters who pay no Personal Federal Income Tax, because they know that when that happens they will NEVER lose another National Election.
BTW, the “Villains” are the politicians who spend money that exceeds the Federal Income.