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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPeople who pay no income tax live disproportionately in red states
here's a link to the map Just scroll down to view it.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/09/where-are-the-47-of-americans-who-pay-no-taxes/262499/
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People who pay no income tax live disproportionately in red states (Original Post)
cali
Sep 2012
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RKP5637
(67,083 posts)1. K&R !!! Excellent!!! n/t
handmade34
(22,756 posts)2. kick!!!
rgbecker
(4,817 posts)3. Great report. Check it out.
nanabugg
(2,198 posts)4. Post this all over the Internet, FB, Twitter, MSNBC, CNN, and even FOX. nt
oberliner
(58,724 posts)5. How does gay marriage poll with them?
Does support for gay marriage go up or down with lower income levels or is there no correlation?
alp227
(32,002 posts)6. i saw that too, via tax foundation
http://taxfoundation.org/article/states-vary-widely-number-tax-filers-no-income-tax-liability
So let's see, of the 10 states with the highest proportion, two are purple states (New Mexico and Florida) and the rest are solid Republican states (Idaho, the Gulf Coast states that aren't Florida, South Carolina, and Arkansas). North Carolina and Tennessee, two former Confederate states, are just knocking on the door of the top 10.
So let's see, of the 10 states with the highest proportion, two are purple states (New Mexico and Florida) and the rest are solid Republican states (Idaho, the Gulf Coast states that aren't Florida, South Carolina, and Arkansas). North Carolina and Tennessee, two former Confederate states, are just knocking on the door of the top 10.