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eli_gottlieb on April 30, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Plutocrats Cripple the IRS: You pay more becau...

>It's true that poorer folks in the US are unproductive and contribute very little to society via market mechanisms (most don't even work)

[citation needed]

yummyfajitas on April 30, 2016 [–]

http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publication...

See table 3. 60% of poor adults (age 18-64) did not work even a single week during the year. 12% worked full time year round.

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