Did you know that Palin McCain included babies as part of the 40% that do not pay taxes? Did you know the Idiot professor who did the calculation on cost of beer is based on people under 18 years old and the Idiot professor who endorse beer drinking for Minors?
If you take a look at the population and see who are not paying taxes they are:
- Infants into Teens or 0-18 year olds. Teens from 16-18 work but do not make enough to pay much in taxes effectively no tax. 78.5 million/305 million = 25.7% (Calculation from 9/2008 USA Census)
- Retirees 65 and over typically do not pay taxes. They are not working or bring in small incomes and are living off their savings so effective taxes are very low. 39 million/305 million = 12.8%
- Mothers with infants, the stay at home mothers.
- 5% unemployed, majority of them still pay taxes.
- 2% large farmers who don't pay taxes but get subcity.
This is the group Republicans consider non-tax-payers.
...and the idiot republican professor condone free beer drinking by minors by infants. This dumb statistic have been debunked so many times its not even funny. It's always brought up in religious right churches to imply democrats don't work. In reality they are counting infants and children and 100 year old ladies.
http://www.census.gov/...