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Originally Posted by FishermanTim
What pi$$es me off most is that these 47% entitlement whores are always the first to complain when they can't get their way, and alway love to brag about how they get all that "free" stuff from the "guberment".
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Originally Posted by FishermanTim
Let me rephrase that as "welfare cheats".
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Romney says stupid things and they keep getting repeated.
Here are actual facts:
"The biggest programs and their percentage of the U.S. population:
—Medicaid: 26 percent
—Social Security: 16 percent
—Food stamps: 16 percent
—Medicare: 15 percent
—Women, Infants and Children food program: 8 percent"
and the 46% who don't pay income tax:
Why they don't pay:
—About half don't earn enough money for a household of their size to owe income tax. For example, a family of four earning less than $26,400 would owe no taxes using the standard exemptions and deductions.
—About 22 percent get tax breaks for senior citizens that offset their income.
—About 15 percent get tax breaks for the working poor or low-income parents.
—Almost 3 percent get tax breaks for college tuition or other education expenses.
Who they are:
—The vast majority have below-average earnings: Among all who don't owe, 9 out of 10 make $50,000 or less.
—But some of the wealthy escape taxes, including about 4,000 households earning more than $1 million a year.
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