” - - - the hard data from IRS tax returns indicates that about 41 percent of filers pay no income tax, the difference being that about another 9 percent of the population does not file and thus also pays no income tax.”
Duh, 41% + 9% = 50 % that pay no Personal Federal Income Tax.
Double Duh: What % is an equal shot “Fair Share?”
It’s not quite that simple. 41% of filers pay no income tax. The set of filers is only a subset of the population at large, so 41% of filers would be less than 41% of the total population. Therefore, the percentage of the population who don’t pay would be the 9% of nonfilers plus the <41% of the population who file and don’t pay.
Nonetheless, the point is that the percentage of non-payers is too damn high.
Nope. Since 9% of people do not file, 41% of the population that do file is only 37% of the total population.