On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:51:46 -0800, jps wrote:

On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:44:42 -0500, bpuharic wrote:

the right wing has been bitching about the supposed 47% who don't pay
federal income taxes

turns out that 47% are

republicans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/283265

The ten states with the highest number of non-payers are a strongly
Republican bunch: Eight of them went for John McCain in 2008, and nine
of them have Republican governors. Keith Hennessey, an economic
adviser in George W. Bush’s administration, notes that the historical
data suggest that the child credit was the main reason for the
increase in the number of non-payers between 1995 and 2007


HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Hey, I notice the sound of crickets filling the air.

I'll bet your detractors think it's patriotic not to pay your taxes if
you don't agree with how the money is spent.

i figure they're just trying to figure how to spin this