Well, actually there are lots of people who don't pay any payroll taxes either. It's a little thing called the Earned Income Tax Credit and it is a refundable credit for people earning less than $30,000 but don't pay any income tax so they are refunded a portion of their payroll taxes through the tax credit...ie., they get a check even though they didn't pay any income taxes.The earned income tax credit is "welfare lite". It is better than paying someone to stay home, but not much. It still survives on the liberal/socialist premise that one economic class should carry another. The free ride syndrome lives on.
Oh I know. It's a total scam and you wouldn't believe the people that benefit from it - many illegal immigrants do!
The tax code is a total shambles and should be totally scrapped. I'm kind of hoping that W jumps on the flat tax or national sales tax bandwagon before 2004. It would be so great to scrap the whole darn thing.