Every State Taxes Its 1 Percent At A Lower Rate Than Low-Income Households

Every State Taxes Its 1 Percent At A Lower Rate Than Low-Income Households: As ThinkProgress has noted, the “47 percent” that Mitt Romney derided for paying no federal income tax, and thus taking no “personal responsibility and care for their lives,” actually pay a slew of other taxes at rates higher than Romney himself pays. The lion’s share of the tax breaks handed out by the U.S. don’t [...]/p