[Hoot Gibson]

and sometimes the 50% of Americans who pay federal income taxes pick up the cost of keeping prices low for the 50% of Americans who do not pay federal income taxes.


don't you think these numbers are a little misleading

How so? If you want to split hairs, I think that the split is closer to 49.5%/50.5% but at the dizzying pace that Obamanomics is forcing people out of the workforce, those numbers may be outdated already.