19 May 2006

I smash robots into little pieces when they look at me wrong.

The claim by Dennis Hastert (Republican, of course): "Well, folks, if you earn $40,000 a year and have a family of two children, you don’t pay any taxes. So you probably, if you don’t pay any taxes, you are not going to get a very big tax cut."

He's right on one count. A family bringing in only 40,000 dollars doesn't pay any federal taxes, but, as Think Progress points out, the family does pay payroll taxes, gas taxes, sales taxes, etc. Payroll taxes alone amount 7.65 percent of their yearly income.

Here's to hoping the Democrats take advantage of this mistake.

Don't die.

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