I also think it's a joke to say 50-60% of americans pay no taxes. They may not pay it through payroll, but the government gets it other ways. Before I became disabled, the last year I worked I was down to 70K a year. I kept records of all taxes I paid, FICA, property, gas tax, phone tax, sales tax, electric tax, etc... 42% of my income went to taxes... My guess is those numbers would hold down to 30K a year.
Just check, for every product or service you buy there will be a line somewhere with a tax included.
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