My wingnut friend sent this article from MSNBC that half of the US pays no federal income tax.
My liberal friend had one response:
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like this. But this article is definitely slanted. Take this comment:
"The bottom 40 percent, on average, make a profit from the federal income tax, meaning they get more money in tax credits than they would otherwise owe in taxes. For those people, the government sends them a payment."
How do you interpret that? Does that mean to you that about 40% of the people are getting cut a check and not paying taxes? Or is it that collectively that group of 40% receive more money than is contributed? I think the truth is probably the latter, with maybe the bottom 25% getting money, and those from 25%-40% paying some amount or owing nothing. Still, it sucks.
Now the very next sentence is this:
"We have 50 percent of people who are getting something for nothing," said Curtis Dubay, senior tax policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation.
See, here they are totally messing with us. They just implied the bottom 40% get a check, followed up by this guy saying 50% get something for nothing. That something he is referring to isn’t cash, as you might believe, but public services like police.
Again, I am not happy about this, but I am just saying I feel they wrote this article in a way to suit their agenda.
So my wingnut friend responded to EVERYONE:
Don’t call this article slanted – it didn’t come from the fair and unbalanced Fox people. It came from the "we love Obama" MSNBC!
You as an individual that actually pays taxes are being raped by the bottom 50% of the population that pays nothing, and the bottom 40% who are actually receiving a refund for more than was withheld from their pay!
So soak the rich. But remember that you are the rich you lucky boy! Forget Obama’s $250,000 figure for defining rich, especially when the Dummycraps figure out "WE" can’t afford the wonderful healthcare bill that is coming due very soon. I guarantee your taxes will increase buy more that a "single dime."
Give Nancy a hug for me when you see her!
I should mention that this guy USES TRICARE for his healthcare.
I would like to send a reply, and I am asking my fellow Kossacks to help me out...