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I'd like to gain some clarity on part of the issue with the Romney "47%" statement. There are a lot of "yeah, but..." responses to it, but few people who give such responses ever make it clear on this point:
Should everyone who is not elderly, poor, a student, or in some other hardship pay federal income tax?
For the record, according to this CNN graphic, it is roughly 28% of the population that is currently able, by that criteria, who does not pay federal income tax (though it includes an imprecise poverty measure): http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/pf/taxes/1203/gallery.election.moneymag/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
For the "other", what I'm looking for is another criteria for deciding who should and shouldn't pay federal income tax, For example:
-Anyone over twice the poverty line.
-Only the rich.
Should everyone who is not elderly, poor, a student, or in some other hardship pay federal income tax?
For the record, according to this CNN graphic, it is roughly 28% of the population that is currently able, by that criteria, who does not pay federal income tax (though it includes an imprecise poverty measure): http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/pf/taxes/1203/gallery.election.moneymag/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
For the "other", what I'm looking for is another criteria for deciding who should and shouldn't pay federal income tax, For example:
-Anyone over twice the poverty line.
-Only the rich.