To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (719132 ) 6/3/2013 8:43:02 AM From: Alighieri Read Replies (2) | Respond to Al, that graph is for a family earning the median income. Of course they're going to be paying next to nothing in income taxes, though they still have to pay 8-9% for SS and Medicare. (Oops, I guess you forgot to count that.) Why would you say that? From the very article I posted. Read grasshopper... overall federal taxes.[7] This is the lowest on record in data that go back to 1979. When CBO publishes data for more recent years (such as 2013), overall federal average tax rates on this middle group will likely be higher — though still low historically — because they will reflect the expiration of the temporary income and payroll tax cuts discussed above.Most Americans pay more in payroll taxes, which support Social Security and Medicare, than they do in income taxes. In a typical, non-recession year (that is, one without a temporary tax cut), payroll taxes amount to about 9 percent of income for households in the middle quintile, according to CBO. [8] By the way, the top 50% of all Americans (i.e. ABOVE the median) pay 98% of all federal income taxes. If you can figure out what that means in the context of your counterargument, I'd be surprised ... ;-)
