Two points:
by ufl (2024-02-18 18:06:20)
Edited on 2024-02-18 18:18:59

In reply to: I saw article that 40.1% didn't pay income tax in 2022.  posted by Jfs86


(a) that’s because we adopted the suggestion of the noted leftist, Milton Friedman, who thought that it would be a good idea to give low income folks an income tax credit instead of a welfare check. If we still separated the two, nothing substantive would change, but that percentage would go down.

(b) Most of those folks pay the payroll tax. The number of folks of pay neither is less than one in five. Many of them have no income, are retired, or are self employed and income averaging or done such dodge.


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