47% pay no income tax - The GOP BUILT THAT

[edthecynic]

Romney’s theory of the “taker class,” and why it matters

Part of the reason so many Americans don’t pay federal income taxes is that Republicans have passed a series of very large tax cuts that wiped out the income-tax liability for many Americans. That’s why, when you look at graphs of the percent of Americans who don’t pay income taxes, you see huge jumps after Ronald Reagan’s 1986 tax reform and George W. Bush’s 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. So whenever you hear that half of Americans don’t pay federal income taxes, remember: Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush helped build that. (You also see a jump after the financial crisis begins in 2008, but we can expect that to be mostly temporary.)

Some of those tax cuts for the poor were there to make the tax cuts for the rich more politically palatable. “Do you think we wanted to include a welfare payment to people who don’t pay taxes and call it a tax cut?” A top Bush administration official once asked me. “No. But that’s what we needed to do to get it done.”

But now that those tax cuts have passed and many fewer Americans are paying federal income taxes and the rich are paying a much higher percentage of federal income taxes, Republicans are arguing that these Americans they have helped free from income taxes have become a dependent and destabilizing “taker” class who want to hike taxes on the rich in order to purchase more social services for themselves. The antidote, as you can see in both Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney’s policy platforms, is to further cut taxes on “job creators” while cutting the social services that these takers depend on. That way, you roll the takers out of what Ryan calls “the hammock” of government and you unleash the makers to create jobs and opportunities.

So notice what happened here: Republicans have become outraged over the predictable effect of tax cuts they passed and are using that outrage as the justification for an agenda that further cuts taxes on the rich and pays for it by cutting social services for the non-rich.
That’s why Romney’s theory here is more than merely impolitic. It’s actually core to his economic agenda.

 

[DiamondDave]

Did I agree with those actions to the tax code by government/politicians no matter the party affiliation?? Nope... Rep or Dem, I disagree with those actions... that being said, it is more likely a conservative will work to get that ~49% back on the income tax paying track, than it is a liberal

 

[Full-Auto]

Romney’s theory of the “taker class,” and why it matters

Part of the reason so many Americans don’t pay federal income taxes is that Republicans have passed a series of very large tax cuts that wiped out the income-tax liability for many Americans. That’s why, when you look at graphs of the percent of Americans who don’t pay income taxes, you see huge jumps after Ronald Reagan’s 1986 tax reform and George W. Bush’s 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. So whenever you hear that half of Americans don’t pay federal income taxes, remember: Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush helped build that. (You also see a jump after the financial crisis begins in 2008, but we can expect that to be mostly temporary.)

Some of those tax cuts for the poor were there to make the tax cuts for the rich more politically palatable. “Do you think we wanted to include a welfare payment to people who don’t pay taxes and call it a tax cut?” A top Bush administration official once asked me. “No. But that’s what we needed to do to get it done.”

But now that those tax cuts have passed and many fewer Americans are paying federal income taxes and the rich are paying a much higher percentage of federal income taxes, Republicans are arguing that these Americans they have helped free from income taxes have become a dependent and destabilizing “taker” class who want to hike taxes on the rich in order to purchase more social services for themselves. The antidote, as you can see in both Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney’s policy platforms, is to further cut taxes on “job creators” while cutting the social services that these takers depend on. That way, you roll the takers out of what Ryan calls “the hammock” of government and you unleash the makers to create jobs and opportunities.

So notice what happened here: Republicans have become outraged over the predictable effect of tax cuts they passed and are using that outrage as the justification for an agenda that further cuts taxes on the rich and pays for it by cutting social services for the non-rich.
That’s why Romney’s theory here is more than merely impolitic. It’s actually core to his economic agenda.

Up to 49.5!!!!

Damn, you guys really suck that bad.........

 

[Truthmatters]

Its all part of the long term plan to allow the rich to own everything and have the little guy pay for all government

 

[Eaglewings]

Its all part of the long term plan to allow the rich to own everything and have the little guy pay for all government

Yes, exactly!

 

[Full-Auto]

Its all part of the long term plan to allow the rich to own everything and have the little guy pay for all government

Then you had some idiot thank you.......

 

[Truthmatters]

Its what some of the wealthy in this world want.

Do you think its a good plan?

 

[Saigon]

We also have to keep in mind that there is a difference between income tax and payroll tax - I believe only 14% of Americans pay neither?

 

[VaYank5150]

This is so funny. Is Romney on suicide watch yet?

 

[DiamondDave]

Its all part of the long term plan to allow the rich to own everything and have the little guy pay for all government

yeah.. that is why many MANY conservatives support a flat tax with zero exceptions on all income... to just make the 'poor' pay for 'all government'


You are indeed an idiot bitch

 

[kiwiman127]

Well look where a majority of those who don'y pay taxes live?

Where Are the 47% of Americans Who Pay No Income Taxes?

Mitt Romney says citizens who don't pay income tax will never vote for him. But eight of the top 10 states with the highest number of nonpayers are red states.

Where Are the 47% of Americans Who Pay No Income Taxes? - David A. Graham - The Atlantic

 

[DiamondDave]

We also have to keep in mind that there is a difference between income tax and payroll tax - I believe only 14% of Americans pay neither?

And that is 14% too much

 

[Warrior102]

According to this "GOVERNMENT" site - the rich do indeed pay the most in taxes - nutsacks.

It's you welfare-case Libberhoids who aren't pulling your fare share.

When President Romney is sworn in, I hope the first thing he cuts is your Goddamned Food Stamps...

Who Pays the Most Income Tax?

 

[Saigon]

We also have to keep in mind that there is a difference between income tax and payroll tax - I believe only 14% of Americans pay neither?

And that is 14% too much

Possibly...but keep in mind that those 14% include the mentally ill, physically handicapped and retired people, and I dare say it is the same around the developed world.

 

[edthecynic]

Did I agree with those actions to the tax code by government/politicians no matter the party affiliation?? Nope... Rep or Dem, I disagree with those actions... that being said, it is more likely a conservative will work to get that ~49% back on the income tax paying track, than it is a liberal

So you admit that CON$ervoFascists are FOR raising taxes on Americans!!!! The Right wants to raise taxes on half of America, just the poorer half.

 

[kwc57]

What Romney?s Gaffe Gets Right About the 47 Percent - The Daily Beast

 

[NYcarbineer]

If you believe Romney's claim he's going to cut everyone's tax rates by 20%,

then he's going to add even more people to the 47%.

 

[kwc57]

Did I agree with those actions to the tax code by government/politicians no matter the party affiliation?? Nope... Rep or Dem, I disagree with those actions... that being said, it is more likely a conservative will work to get that ~49% back on the income tax paying track, than it is a liberal

So you admit that CON$ervoFascists are FOR raising taxes on Americans!!!! The Right wants to raise taxes on half of America, just the poorer half.

No, conservatives want the 47% to pay their "fair share" instead of asking the 53% to pay even more than they are.

 

[DiamondDave]

Did I agree with those actions to the tax code by government/politicians no matter the party affiliation?? Nope... Rep or Dem, I disagree with those actions... that being said, it is more likely a conservative will work to get that ~49% back on the income tax paying track, than it is a liberal

So you admit that CON$ervoFascists are FOR raising taxes on Americans!!!! The Right wants to raise taxes on half of America, just the poorer half.

I am for flat taxation without exception. as it should have been all along... there is no excuse or reason why any person or any dollar should be taxed any differently, and there is no reason why any person should not be on the tax dole

 

[DiamondDave]

Did I agree with those actions to the tax code by government/politicians no matter the party affiliation?? Nope... Rep or Dem, I disagree with those actions... that being said, it is more likely a conservative will work to get that ~49% back on the income tax paying track, than it is a liberal

So you admit that CON$ervoFascists are FOR raising taxes on Americans!!!! The Right wants to raise taxes on half of America, just the poorer half.

No, conservatives want the 47% to pay their "fair share" instead of asking the 53% to pay even more than they are.

Better to say their equal % share... not 'fair'.. fair is a liberal buzz word.. and it is subjective