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61% Of Americans Paid No Income Tax In 2020: Report
Daily Wire ^ | Aug 27, 2021 | Ben Johnson

Posted on 09/22/2021 7:29:37 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica

While the number of Americans receiving some form of government assistance steadily expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people paying taxes fell to a modern low.

In 2020, 61% of all Americans — an estimated 107 million U.S. citizens — paid no taxes, according to a new report from the Tax Policy Center.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailywire.com ...


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1 posted on 09/22/2021 7:29:37 AM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
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To: ProgressingAmerica

I guess i’m part of the elite who did.


2 posted on 09/22/2021 7:31:45 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

THAT, is not only how a party of bad policies stays in power. It is also how a republic falls


3 posted on 09/22/2021 7:31:58 AM PDT by z3n (“If the populace knew with what idiocy they were ruled, they would revolt.” -Charlemagne)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Oh man...not in that category. This is all so wrong. Then, when they get the money, they misspend it.


4 posted on 09/22/2021 7:32:07 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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Let’s get that up to 100%


5 posted on 09/22/2021 7:33:24 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Cloward and Piven strategy is to deliberately bankruptcy America, blame it on Capitalism and replace our Capitalist system with communism.


6 posted on 09/22/2021 7:34:10 AM PDT by patriot torch
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To: ProgressingAmerica

That alright, I made up for them.


7 posted on 09/22/2021 7:34:15 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

My friends and family sure paid. Ugh.


8 posted on 09/22/2021 7:37:13 AM PDT by madison10
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Atlas pretty much shrugged during COVID 2020. They better be careful or he will do it again.


9 posted on 09/22/2021 7:37:32 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Mitt said back in 2012 it was 47%, looks like it’s gone up since then.


10 posted on 09/22/2021 7:37:46 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Boy, I must be such a chump.

I need an accountant.


11 posted on 09/22/2021 7:40:16 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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>>In 2020, 61% of all Americans — an estimated 107 million U.S. citizens — paid no taxes, according to a new report from the Tax Policy Center<<

Umm..so the numbers in this article don’t seem to match up.

The legal population of the U.S. reported so far in 2021 is 333 million +-.

Add another 30 million illegals and the pop would be roughly 363 million people living inside our borders.

So stupid ol me does the rough math = 363,000,000 x 61% = 221.5 million. Double the number reported in this article.

{{{DISREGARD ARTICLE}}}


12 posted on 09/22/2021 7:42:15 AM PDT by servantboy777
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Did a survey of most people I know on April 19, 2021. The only ones that didn't pay any taxes for 2020 are living on minimal Social Security and any minors in the family.
13 posted on 09/22/2021 7:42:37 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: ProgressingAmerica

I don’t feel special, being part of the 39% of the folks who paid taxes.

Question is, did I pay my fair share? ? ?


14 posted on 09/22/2021 7:42:49 AM PDT by MCSETots
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This is what the Democrats want. If you have more than half the country not paying taxes and the constant phrase by the Democrats is “Tax the Rich”, you have an us vs them situation where the Democrats are on the majority side. They will run up the debt just so they can keep this conflict going. When the Democrats gain permanent power and elections mean nothing, everyone will be taxed.


15 posted on 09/22/2021 7:43:06 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: dfwgator

Our Fascist government didn’t help by destroying thousands upon thousands of businesses by locking down our country.
Is Covid gone yet?...
(grumpy tone not aimed at you)


16 posted on 09/22/2021 7:43:26 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: ProgressingAmerica

That’s one way of saying that 39% paid for 100% . . .


17 posted on 09/22/2021 7:44:15 AM PDT by MCSETots
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To: ProgressingAmerica

People who pay no taxes favor higher taxes and more government spending.


18 posted on 09/22/2021 7:44:31 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President!)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Funny/Not Funny - The amount of tax I paid exceeded my entire military pension for the year - which is someone else’s tax money already. It used to be a wash, not anymore.


19 posted on 09/22/2021 7:46:06 AM PDT by Greenpees (Coulda Shoulda Woulda)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

61% paid nothing and yet the rest “didn’t pay their fair share!”


20 posted on 09/22/2021 7:47:28 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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