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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Is this 46% of the entire population?
I ask this because over 20% of the population are minors, as many as 15% live in poverty, and another 12% or so are seniors. Now factor in the unemployed. Plus, I'm not sure what the numbers are on invalids or people who are otherwise unfit to work.
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This webpage calculates the percentage of the total number of tax returns, not percentage of the population. The data is a few years old but in line with the 46% quoted this year.
The Tax Foundation - Number of Americans Paying Zero Federal Income Tax Grows to 43.4 Million
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During 2006, Tax Foundation economists estimate that roughly 43.4 million tax returns, representing 91 million individuals, will face a zero or negative tax liability. That's out of a total of 136 million federal tax returns that will be filed. Adding to this figure the 15 million households and individuals who file no tax return at all, roughly 121 million Americans—or 41 percent of the U.S. population—will be completely outside the federal income tax system in 2006.1 This total includes those who pay no tax, and those who pay some tax upfront and are later refunded the full amount of the tax paid or more.
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