become this group that has contempt for people who work?
I don't remember them being like that. I remember them as the smart/money guys... the ones who kept the 'good-hearted' dems in check and ended up with a balance between the heart and the pocketbook.
I'm flabbergasted that a political candidate can pretend that anyone who doesn't vote for him doesn't pay taxes.
I know i pay a way greater percentage of my income in taxes than mittens.
funny that.
47% don't pay Federal income taxes. He might have a point about that group voting Democratic. I can't imagine someone who pays no federal income taxes wanting to vote for a Republican. That would go contrary to simple logic. However, I haven't seen any data to back up that claim.
The first problem is that number is false. This statistic only applied to one year (2009) when unemployment hit its highest point and Congress did a lot of tax breaks to jump start it, like the Making Work Pay credit and not taxing unemployment benefits.
Second, the reason why so many end up paying no income tax is not because the money isn't taken from them (which it is) but because after they take all their deductions on Schedule A and form 1040, they end up getting most of that money back.
Third, these folks to play plenty of taxes- Social Security, Medicare, State Income Taxes, property taxes, Sales taxes. And these taxes have a greater impact on working folks than higher marginal rates do on the rich.
All things considered, I paid more in taxes as a percentage on my five figure salary than Mittens did on his 8 figure salary...
Words just can't express how badly Mitt has screwed this up, or how callow this statement sounds to most people.
I thought the idiotic statement last week about the dead ambassador was when he lost the election. Nope. I think this is.