It is well known that only about half of Americans actually pay any income taxes. This fact became quite famous during the 2012 presidential campaign when Mitt Romney was reported to have commented about how 47 percent of Americans were bound to vote for Democrats (or whatever party promised them free stuff) since they did not pay any income taxes. This new data make clear how Governor Romney was wrong because he focused just on income taxes.
In fact, it is much worse than he thought.
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