During a private reception with donors earlier this year, Mitt Romney described almost half of Americans as “people who pay no income tax” and are “dependent upon government.” Those voters, he said, are likely to support President Obama because they believe they are “entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it.
It's amazing how the rich completely ignore corporate welfare, government spending on military technology and expeditions, and focus on the measly payments the government gives to the poor. Why would a presidential candidate dismiss and disregard almost half of the citizens of America, simply because of their income?
Everyone seems to know that about half of Americans paid no income taxes in 2009 and that the top 1 percent paid about 37 percent of the income taxes.
But how many people know that households making less than $75,000 collectively paid more federal income tax than those making $1 million or more?
http://blogs.reuters.com/david-cay-john ... 1-percent/
