Really.
When you earn nothing - you pay nothing.
There are people on welfare, disability and god knows what else who earn nothing and get a government check. Those who use part of that government check to pay sales tax are not themselves paying the sales tax - it wasn’t their money to begin with and they didn’t put any work effort to acquire the money.
According to d'Sousa, the original contention wasn't even that 47% didn't pay federal personal income tax, it's a bit more technical than that in fact, but it's being misused ~ and quite knowledgeably by Democrat agents.
So, let's say somebody's not on welfare ~ and they are down to their last $100 earned at a job. They've lost their job. The baby needs milk. They need some nutrition themselves so they buy day old bread, date expired lunchmeat, and some canned beans.
Their last $10 goes for a blue tarp so they can live in the woods.
They don't pay any federal income taxes at that point ~ according to the Romney ad hoc codicil they immediately become a hard core Democrat voter and can simply be ignored in this campaign.
I don't agree!
Might I suggest that some of you guys are suffering from a sort of psychological break that should be looked into!