September 22, 2008
Tax Foundation Study on "Non-Payers" a Hit with Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph
"Let's Scrap the Tax System and Start from Scratch"
By Editorial Staff - Tyler Morning Telegraph
Both Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama say they'll provide tax relief to working-class Americans.
But as Scott A. Hodge, president of the Tax Foundation, points out, millions of such Americans already pay no personal income taxes.
"According to the most recent IRS statistics for 2006, some 45.6 million tax filers—one-third of all filers—have no tax liability after taking their credits and deductions," Hodge says. "For good or ill, this is a dramatic 57 percent increase since 2000 in the number of Americans who pay no personal income taxes."
