You shouldn't be surprised by the numbers. But one thing to think about is those tax rates, schedules and % is most of them are a direct result of the Bush Jr. tax cuts that Conservatives love so much. Another thing to consider is it's basically a not factual to say 30, 40 or even 50% of people don't pay taxes. Because the source and the number provided in it are only looking at income tax. When the CBO released a
study of analyzed total effective federal tax rates by income, and comes up with the following "Effective fed tax rates"-
Lowest 20 percent
$15,900
4.3 percent
Second 20 percent
.. $37,400
9.9 percent
Middle 20 percent
.$58,500
.. 14.2 percent
Fourth 20 percent
.,$85,200
.. 17.4 percent
Top 20 percent
..$231.300
..25.5 percent
Top 1 percent
..$1,558,500
.31.2 percent
These numbers include things like gas taxes, fees, etc...
So who's paying 0% in fed taxes? Pretty much no one, but it's a good lie and it gets the base fired up.