Re: For all of you I PAY MILLIONS IN TAXES read this
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As a matter of fact, the bottom 40% of taxpayers did not pay any income tax as a whole.
[/ QUOTE ]yeah, that included me working at mcdonalds with a year end total of like 4k
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The lowest quintile is indeed made up primarily of part-time workers and such, which is precisely why when people throw out numbers like "the richest quintile makes x times the poorest quintile," it is highly misleading. You're comparing professionals in their peak earning years to college and high school students.
So, I agree that most people in the bottom two quintiles aren't poor people at all, but rather high school or college students, or spouses working part-time. But, it still remains that those who *are* legitimately poor don't pay income tax.
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