Reply #3: The whole "1/2 don't pay" was from a WSJ editorial on tax day 2010 [View All]

[underpants]

Of course once it got out there the Big Lie machinery revved up and it is now a part of the discussion.

The actual fact that was purposely misconscrued was the 47% would be getting a tax REFUND - not that they didn't pay taxes but that they paid too much. What did they pay too much? Because in the recovery bill and in two others ( I think) the Obama administration oversaw the largest middle class tax cut EVER. 98% of working people got these reduced payroll deductions and lower rates. All of this is aside from the points you make about payroll taxes (cut by a 1/3 this year) .....all of which is aimed at getting money back into the economy - because the banks won't make loans and the corporations are paying dividends (to themselves) instead of hiring.

The rightwing machinery turned what they get a lot of lip service to but never do back into their advantage. And no if anyone pointed that out they did so once and were not on the air again until this was drilled into everyone's heads.