from the LA Times:



To hear Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney tell it, the "47%" of people who pay no federal income taxes are a bunch of government-hugging freeloaders who aren't pulling their economic weight. In fact, he's talking about his fellow millionaires. At least some of them.

I think this is a hugely important fact to get out to everyone.

I had read earlier that more than 7,000 millionaires did not pay taxes, but this article goes into detail about 14,000 more households in the $500,000 to $999,999 income bracket PAY NO INCOME TAXES.



The percentage of non-taxpayers changes annually. But the Tax Foundation says there hasn't been a single year since 1916 in which every last American paid federal income taxes.