they pay social security tax and medicare and that's about all the benefit most people get. True, they don't pay for the benefit they get from the war in Afghanistan or periodic cleaning of Mt. Rushmore. Of the 47% who don't make enough to pay income taxes, only a small minority get any government assistance.Quote from dumb_mother:
it's amazing how hard it is for the 50% of people in america who do not pay taxes to even imagine the fact that they might have to pay taxes for all of the benefits they get. it would make me laugh if i wasn't part of the other 50% that actually does pay taxes and views the other half as freeloaders.