I am sure you are all aware about recent Romney comments that were recorded at a closed-door donor event.

He said: "All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what ....These are people who pay no income tax. "

Here is good analysis of how he is wrong:

Where Are the 47% of Americans Who Pay No Income Taxes?

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Mitt Romney says citizens who don't pay income tax will never vote for him. But eight of the top 10 states with the highest number of nonpayers are red states.

So let's set that speculation aside and look at who the people are who actually pay no income tax. Romney's statements are a little unclear, but it appears that the 47 percent figure represents all of those who pay no income tax, rather than the Democratic base. His problem is that those people are disproportionately in red states -- that is, states that tend to vote Republican.


I will go even further and claim that GOP' war on "social safety nets" is one of the key contributor to such "disproportional" distribution.

Here is uncomfortable truth - strong social safety nets lead to decreased poverty, and to fewer people not paying any federal taxes.

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