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RebelOne

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4. I am one of the 17%.

Reply to mzmolly (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 03:33 PM

Sep 2012

I paid most of my life. I worked over 50 years and paid into the government coffers. I am finally free from paying. It is about time they paid me.

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Who are the 47%? ~ 70% pay income taxes - 17% are seniors. [View all] mzmolly Sep 2012 OP

Thank you! SoapBox Sep 2012 #1

You're very mzmolly Sep 2012 #2

And this also includes several thousand of the highest-income households in the country! Emit Sep 2012 #3

I am one of the 17%. RebelOne Sep 2012 #4

Damn mzmolly Sep 2012 #5

Where are the class that live off of Dividends in all this. slampoet Sep 2012 #6

Among the "other" 1% mzmolly Sep 2012 #7

Adding excellent analysis from factcheck.org mzmolly Sep 2012 #8

I pay income tax (not a whole lot), but I'm a moocher. trof Sep 2012 #9

Romney's statement was pathetic mzmolly Sep 2012 #10

k & R zellie Sep 2012 #11

I was just about to post these -- rec'd underpants Sep 2012 #12

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