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Romney’s 47 Percent Includes A Whole Lot Of Idahoans

The Tax Policy Center

According to the Tax Policy Center Idaho has the 10th largest share of tax filers who don’t pay federal income taxes.

Yesterday, Mother Jones released video of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney saying, among other things, that people who don’t pay income taxes are “dependent upon government” and won’t vote for him.  But as this Tax Policy Center map shows, many of the 47 percent of Americans not paying federal income taxes live in Republican states.  Click here to continue reading...

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