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I don't know about half, but a lot of them are unemployed. A lot of others are full-time students or retired people living on fixed incomes.
None of those are unemployed, we have a working population today of 139 million and 47% of those people pay zero in FIT. Stop buying what other liberals tell you. Get the facts.
Got a link?
Posted it many times, but apparently you are too busy looking for a gotcha moment that you ignored the link.
Nearly half of US households escape fed income tax - Yahoo! Finance
That doesn't address Adam's point about students, fixed income, etc......
That addresses the number of working people in this country. If a student is working then they are included, if not they aren't.
Seriously, this is foreign to you? The fact is that the low income earners - those that live paycheck to paycheck - pay a higher percentage of their income on all taxes than the wealthy do.Obviously you are an expert on what people can afford or not afford. You telling me that income earners cannot pay something to the Federal Govt. for the services they use?
Married Filing Jointly | Married Filing Separately | Single | Head of Household | |||||||||||
Marginal | Tax Brackets | Marginal | Tax Brackets | Marginal | Tax Brackets | Marginal | Tax Brackets | |||||||
Tax Rate | Over | But Not Over | Tax Rate | Over | But Not Over | Tax Rate | Over | But Not Over | Tax Rate | Over | But Not Over | |||
10.0% | $0 | $17,000 | 10.0% | $0 | $8,500 | 10.0% | $0 | $8,500 | 10.0% | $0 | $12,150 | |||
15.0% | $17,000 | $69,000 | 15.0% | $8,500 | $34,500 | 15.0% | $8,500 | $34,500 | 15.0% | $12,150 | $46,250 | |||
25.0% | $69,000 | $139,350 | 25.0% | $34,500 | $69,675 | 25.0% | $34,500 | $83,600 | 25.0% | $46,250 | $119,400 | |||
28.0% | $139,350 | $212,300 | 28.0% | $69,675 | $106,150 | 28.0% | $83,600 | $174,400 | 28.0% | $119,400 | $193,350 | |||
33.0% | $212,300 | $379,150 | 33.0% | $106,150 | $189,575 | 33.0% | $174,400 | $379,150 | 33.0% | $193,350 | $379,150 | |||
35.0% | $379,150 | - | 35.0% | $189,575 | - | 35.0% | $379,150 | - | 35.0% | $379,150 | - | |||
Note: Last law to change rates was the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. |
If you don't want to address his points fine. But I fyou don't want to do that why bother posting here or replying to his posts?
And let me remind you that you called that "Socialist." But we have 47% of workers not paying tax because of Bush's tax cuts which makes him a Socialist for passing Socialist taxes; which makes you a Socialist for voting for a Socialist president and supporting his Socialist policies, ipso facto.None of those are unemployed, we have a working population today of 139 million and 47% of those people pay zero in FIT. Stop buying what other liberals tell you. Get the facts.
Posted it many times, but apparently you are too busy looking for a gotcha moment that you ignored the link.
Nearly half of US households escape fed income tax - Yahoo! Finance
Seriously, this is foreign to you? The fact is that the low income earners - those that live paycheck to paycheck - pay a higher percentage of their income on all taxes than the wealthy do.
Again, those people who pay no federal income taxes have enough deductions to reduce their taxable income to zero. Here is the tax table for 2011:
Married Filing Jointly Married Filing Separately Single Head of Household Marginal Tax Brackets Marginal Tax Brackets Marginal Tax Brackets Marginal Tax Brackets Tax Rate Over But Not Over Tax Rate Over But Not Over Tax Rate Over But Not Over Tax Rate Over But Not Over 10.0% $0 $17,000 10.0% $0 $8,500 10.0% $0 $8,500 10.0% $0 $12,150 15.0% $17,000 $69,000 15.0% $8,500 $34,500 15.0% $8,500 $34,500 15.0% $12,150 $46,250 25.0% $69,000 $139,350 25.0% $34,500 $69,675 25.0% $34,500 $83,600 25.0% $46,250 $119,400 28.0% $139,350 $212,300 28.0% $69,675 $106,150 28.0% $83,600 $174,400 28.0% $119,400 $193,350 33.0% $212,300 $379,150 33.0% $106,150 $189,575 33.0% $174,400 $379,150 33.0% $193,350 $379,150 35.0% $379,150 - 35.0% $189,575 - 35.0% $379,150 - 35.0% $379,150 - Note: Last law to change rates was the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.
Learn how to use bls.gov and get the facts before making a post.full time and that number totals today a little over 139 million, 47% of that number pays zero in FIT. That is the reality that liberals like you want to ignore
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tax Day is a dreaded deadline for millions, but for nearly half of U.S. households it's simply somebody else's problem.
About 47 percent will pay no federal income taxes at all for 2009. Either their incomes were too low, or they qualified for enough credits, deductions and exemptions to eliminate their liability. That's according to projections by the Tax Policy Center, a Washington research organization.
And confuse (possibly intentionally) real and nominal numbers like you do?
And let me remind you that you called that "Socialist." But we have 47% of workers not paying tax because of Bush's tax cuts which makes him a Socialist for passing Socialist taxes; which makes you a Socialist for voting for a Socialist president and supporting his Socialist policies, ipso facto.
Hey, look at that ... your link appears to be calling you a liar too.Posted it many times, but apparently you are too busy looking for a gotcha moment that you ignored the link.
Nearly half of US households escape fed income tax - Yahoo! Finance
What does that have to do with income earners not paying any FIT?
Uh it was in response to what you posted about learning to use the BLS website.
It's so obvious that we have a revenue problem, before the Bush tax cuts we were getting our debt under control. Eliminate ALL the Bush tax cuts and you should see fiscal sanity return.Yeah, what is your point? You say we have a revenue problem? If so you now know where to go to get it. Plus there are 25 million unemployed and under employed Americans that are paying very little in FIT as well. That makes around 90 million Americans paying little if any in FIT
Wouldn't that also include unemployed people collecting unemployment checks since that is also subject to federal income tax?That addresses the number of working people in this country. If a student is working then they are included, if not they aren't.
Huh? Possibly??And confuse (possibly intentionally) real and nominal numbers like you do?
It was non responsive to the fact posted and has nothing to do with nominal or real numbers which were created to compare years so what does that have to do with income earners not paying any FIT
It's so obvious that we have a revenue problem, before the Bush tax cuts we were getting our debt under control. Eliminate ALL the Bush tax cuts and you should see fiscal sanity return.
Hey, look at that ... your link appears to be calling you a liar too.
You said 47% of "workers" paid no FIT ... the article you linked said 47% of "U.S. households."
One more time. And I will type this real slow.
It was in response to your telling me to learn to use BLS.
Odd some that "confuses" real and nominal numbers is lecturing on how to use BLS......
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