Bachmann comment that 'every American should pay something, even if it's a dollar' points to growing number of households owing no income tax.
When Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., said in Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, “Every American benefits by this magnificent country. Absolutely every American should pay something, even if it's a dollar,” she got enthusiastic applause from the crowd in Las Vegas.
Her statement conflicted with what she'd said in a Sept. 22 debate in which she said, "You should get to keep every dollar that you earn. That's your money; that's not the government's money."
But in her comment Tuesday, Bachmann was pointing to a noteworthy fact about the current tax system: many middle-income wage earners pay no income tax. That’s not because they are breaking the law, it’s because legally they are not required to pay.
2 comments:
Yes! If you earn money in this country you should pay taxes!
The overall tax rate should be much lower thou!
Yes and those on Welfare too, as well as all the illegals getting food stamps!!!
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