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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Something like 40% of U.S. citizens do not pay income tax. That's just another form of welfare. They are enjoying benefits without making a contribution. [/quote]
It's actually around 47% or 48%. Liberals will point out that the low earners pay into the SS system, and will call it a "tax," but it's really a contribution to a retirement annuity. You are correct hat nearly half of all Americans enjoy the services and programs of the federal government without paying in one cent.[/quote]

The overwhelming majority of those 47% are working, either a full time low wage job or multiple part time jobs.  They don't pay income tax because they are barely paid enough to live on.

But the bigger issue is that essentially we taxpayers are subsidizing these low earners' employers by giving the employees a break on their taxes in lieu of the salaries they should be getting paid by the employers.

Ultimately it's corporate welfare.

Start paying living wages and happy to start cutting back on those programs having the employees kick in more in taxes.

Bottom line is, if you are taking 40 hours a week of someone's life to serve you then you have a responsibility to pay them enough to live on.  [/quote]

It also helps to limit the size of your family. Then there's more available money. That's a very hard decision, but one that we made. We realized that we couldn't afford food, clothes, medicine, and housing for more than two kids.[/quote]

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