Mitt Romney versus the 47 percent

[blacken700]

Source: Washington post

Over the past few years, Republicans have developed a habit of railing against the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay any federal income taxes. It’s a fairly misleading talking point, but it keeps resurfacing. And now Mitt Romney has picked up on it:

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/09/17/romney-my-job-is-not-to-worry-about-those-people/


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Excellent charts and graphs detailing just who the 47% really are.

[chadstallion]

and the majority of the 'red' states where he will garner his votes are the states with the highest number of us people who didnt pay fed. taxes in the first place! ooooh, the irony!

[Kazan]

and the majority of the 'red' states where he will garner his votes are the states with the highest number of us people who didnt pay fed. taxes in the first place! ooooh, the irony!

The government makes the tax code, why do you think it is setup the way it is?

[240 is Back]

he was right about the 46.4% number.

however, he was very much wrong about the fact many people who don't pay taxes DO vote republican.
And many people who DO pay taxes do vote republican.

He should have looked at the demographics before making this statement - it's just incorrect when he said they vote obama.  Some do, some dont.

[Kazan]

Earned income tax credit, if you make under a certain amount of money you get it all back at the end of the year. And if you can claim deductions etc you get more back than you paid in, but I guess in Obama land that is fair

[Soul Crusher]

Obama vs. the 100 percent - he hates this country.   

[chadstallion]

Earned income tax credit, if you make under a certain amount of money you get it all back at the end of the year. And if you can claim deductions etc you get more back than you paid in, but I guess in Obama land that is fair

i glad it is cause that's how i end up paying no fed. income taxes.
however, state and local taxes, yup, pay those puppies.