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[kandrathe]

40% don't pay because they either earn zero income (includes children and retired people), or below a particular level depending on their family situation. A hypothetical family of four with a single wage earner making $40,000 per year would pay zero taxes.

Yes but salary is also based upon the fact that people pay taxes. Did you think if all of a sudden nobody would have to pay taxes anymore your salary would stay the same?.

:lol: Yes! The employer does not pay more just to account for my tax burden. When taxes go up, wages do not automatically increase, and vice versa. Wages are dependant on supply, demand and what an employer can afford.

And, no one in America has to beg for money on the street. Some choose to do it, rather than get welfare. Every state in the US has assistance for poor people sufficient for them to get shelter, food and clothing. THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET -- Public assistance and health care

And as I said before, that 1/5 is also the part that benefits the most from a good economy.

But, by what right does the government have to take away the bulk of someone's earnings? If you consider that money as my time, that means that I work as a slave for the government for 5 months of each year.

Edit: Actually, I think I was wrong about the children and elderly included in the 40%. The Growing Class of Americans Who Pay No Federal Income Taxes "Even 58 million is not the actual number of people because one tax return often represents several people. When all of the dependents of these income-producing households are counted, roughly 122 million Americans – 44 percent of the U.S. population – are outside of the federal income tax system."