Sad but true, in my opinion. With 47 percent not paying federal income tax and those same 47 percent now going to be on the free Obamacare train who among them are going to vote to take any chance of losing their freebies? I don't think I would. So it appears that by putting more and more people into federal government dependency an almost unsurmountable advantage has been created. No matter which side of the aisle one sits that can't seem like good news.
Not paying federal tax? It's funny..you make it sound like they don't want to pay it and that they are free loaders. And it's not that high either.
The people not paying federal income tax are in that position because they don't make enough money to pay it. And it's not because they aren't breaking their back each and every day for a measly paycheck. It's because the cats at the top pay them the absolute least they can for their labor. And pay themselves the absolute most they can for doing nothing.
More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid, the federal-state program aimed principally at the poor, a survey of state data by USA TODAY shows. That's up at least 17% since the recession began in December 2007.
More than 40 million people get food stamps, an increase of nearly 50% during the economic downturn, according to government data through May. The program has grown steadily for three years.
And more than 4.4 million Americans are on welfare, a jump of about 18 percent since late 2007.
Unemployment insurance caseloads peaked at nearly 12 million in January, the highest number on record