[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Armistead

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.

You're absolutely right. Anyone that parrots that "60% don't pay taxes" line is either ignorant or willfully trying to deceive you. Everyone who earns any income or purchases anything at all pays taxes. And the corporations pass their taxes on to you, the consumer:

On Friday, Congress failed to approve the extension of a bill to keep the Federal Aviation Administration running. Among other things, that meant the agency no longer had the authority to impose the various federal taxes that airlines add to the price of each ticket.

So as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday, the federal government began losing an estimated $25 million a day in tax revenue.

But did airlines simply pass on this savings to customers?

No, they did not.

Last week, evidently in anticipation of the tax’s expiring, some airlines quietly began raising fares — on average, roughly by the same amount as the federal taxes. Others did the same over the weekend, and most of the rest joined in on Monday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/bu...es-expire.html