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Zero Hedge points out that 47% of Americans won't pay a single cent in taxes in 2009, despite utilizing government services far more than the other 53%. What's more is that 5% of taxpayers account for 60.6% of all tax revenue.
Brilliant plan to keep the country happy: the poor pay no taxes, the rich get a massive stock market bubble to sell into, and the disappearing middle class...well, they can pay $20 for a hotdog and beer combo in Prague on that once-every-five-years vacation.
47% Will Pay No Federal Tax In 2009
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/incometaxandtheirs/a/whopaysm ost.htm
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1657556/who_pays_t he_most_income_taxes.html
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