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Originally Posted by angry neckbeard
LOL @ 99%... I am the 53% (that actually pay taxes...)
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i know u just heard this on fox news or w/e and didn't actually read the tax policy center report (the source from which this statistic comes from) but the figure only refers to single filers on federal income tax in 2009 and furthermore
"The 51 percent figure is an anomaly that reflects the unique circumstances of 2009, when the recession greatly swelled the number of Americans with low incomes and when temporary tax cuts created by the 2009 Recovery Act — including the "Making Work Pay" tax credit and an exclusion from tax of the first $2,400 in unemployment benefits — were in effect. Together, these developments removed millions of Americans from the federal income tax rolls. Both of these temporary tax measures have since expired."
but please don't let logic or cold, hard facts get in the way of your distortions and emotional arguments