Quote Originally Posted by Teufelhund View Post
Decent article about this.

I find it amazing that the Left either will not accept that half of us are working to support the other half, or are just fine with it. I always remember that Margaret Thatcher quote when I hear this statistic: "They [socialists] always run out of other people's money."
What makes everyone think that the 47% who don't pay federal income tax aren't working? Plenty of them work, they just don't make enough money for income tax. They pay plenty of consumption taxes, as do the rest of us, and we all get to take advantage of those resources. All those folks picking fruit and vegetables work, hanging sheetrock, mopping floors, etc, work their asses off, but don't make enough to incur a federal tax burden. Sure, there are some lazy asses, but don't just paint with that wide of a brush. It's dishonest. That's a "liberal attribute" you don't want.

I find it equally amazing that the Right, while crying about how many people do not pay income tax, don't have a word to say about all the tax loopholes that allow monstrous corporations like GE and BofA not only to not pay a dime in taxes, but actually receive a tax return.
GE is one of the worst offenders, and the effective tax rate of the top four hundred corporations would surprise you when compared to your own tax rate.

Meanwhile, I have to write a huge check every April because the percentage they took out of my paychecks wasn't enough.
Me, too, but I'm having extra taken out. Our tax burden doesn't really change, and I like having my money instead of the government for the year, but my wife really hates that check going out.