Medewgood, check out a few of the various watchdog groups websites. Even politicians use that number all the time so do some research oh I don't know maybe google "what percentage of Americans pay no federal income tax. Oh and what was that movement that was the opposite of occupy wall street oh snaps that right it was called we are the 53 percent. Meaning they represented the 53 percent of Americans that paid taxes. I paid 22,500 federal last year and 3000 state not including my earning tax and personnel property. 2011 taxes are probably 30000 plus and my taxes this year are going to be around 50 grand so I guess I am not working and lazy. I do more work by 8 am then you do all day and we cut 1100 gross ton this month and used 700000 cubic feet of oxygen and a 1000 gallons of propane and there's still two more working calendar days to this month. So the next time you want to say I don't work come walk two feet in my shoes you would quit before I got my first sip of coffee down or you got a third degree burn whichever comes first.