Lawn Chair Quarterback: "I Am The 47%"

We ain't crazy and we ain't lazy. We're the 47%!
　
Much noise has been generated by the fascist right lately about how only 53% of Americans pay federal income taxes. What they don't tell you - but which everybody knows - is that it's the richest 53%. The other 47% doesn't have to pay it because they don't make enough money.
　
Simple as that. If the teagaggin' right wants us in the poorest 47% to pay it, they should fix the economy so we earn enough money to have to pay it. I don't know how I can possibly make it any more succinct than that.
　
Our lawmakers have more than enough consent from the governed for such a progressive tax system. Per person, who do you think has more representation in Congress - the poor or the rich? If "we, the people" didn't support a progressive income tax, we wouldn't have what we have now. If we have a progressive income tax despite the poor having too little representation, then certainly we'd have it if representation was fairer. Taxation with representation means the rich pay more because the poor are greater in number.
　
I have nothing to be ashamed of for trying to pull myself up from nothing. I went in for a job interview this week, so you can't possibly argue that I haven't tried.
　
Our latest 'LCQ' expresses pride in being part of the poorest 47%...