9.19.2012

The Moocher Calculus

In response to Mitt Romney's [cynically misleading, if not demonstrably false] claim that 47% of the country pays no income tax, a bit of tax code analysis and number crunching reveals that, in a family of four with one minimum-wage-earning breadwinner, that sole provider would have to work...{wait for it}...24 hours a day for the standard 260-day work year in order to make enough money to actually owe federal income taxes.

She can always sleep on the weekends.

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