or with the help of an accountant or attorney work around the system to pay taxes. Most of the financially able to easily pay their share of taxes. These and other free loaders can come under the label "slackers".

There are, however, in the numbers reported those who are not capable of paying taxes, legitimately. Example? An elderly person who lives strictly on SS, in a nursing home.

I would be more interested in the number of people who do not pay taxes that are earning more than $50,000 per year and above.

The other real source of taxes, not very often discussed, are the many U.S. corporations that just pay zero taxes. And the almost all foreign entities that pay no taxes. These are well known to our illustrious leaders in Washington and just like all other special interest groups in their favor....no action taken.

How can our representatives AND we the people.... in good conscience at a time this country is in it's most precarious financial crisis, getting worse by the day.....allow such blatant negligence to continue?

btk