claim: "five percent of americans pay over half the income taxes in this country. forty percent of americans pay no income taxes at all."
author: fred thompson
evidence_1: apr 18, 2016 ... on average, those in the bottom 40% of the income spectrum end up getting money from the government. meanwhile, the richest 20% of americans, by far, pay the most in income taxes, forking over nearly 87% of all the income tax collected by uncle sam. read: compared to most countries, we're ...
evidence_2: sep 18, 2012 ... in particular, romney bemoaned the fact that nearly half the country doesn't pay federal income taxes: "these are people who pay no income tax. forty-seven percent of americans pay no income tax. so our message of low taxes doesn't connect. … [m]y job is not to worry about those people. i'll never ...
evidence_3: sep 18, 2012 ... "there are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what," romney said in ... ... as for his claim that 47 percent of americans pay no income tax at all: guess what? ... percent. about half of people who don't pay income taxes are simply poor, and the tax code explicitly exempts them.
evidence_4: apr 13, 2016 ... it's what other people pay, or don't pay, that bothers them. just over half (54%) of americans surveyed in fall by pew research center said they pay about the right amount in taxes considering what they get from the federal government, versus 40% who said they pay more than their fair share. but in a ...
evidence_5: apr 14, 2015 ... top 1% pay half of the income tax 11:40 am et tue, 14 april 2015 | 00:33. the top-earning 1 percent of americans will pay nearly half of the federal income taxes for 2014, the largest share in at least three years, according to a study. according to a projection from the non-partisan tax policy center, the top ...