Check out the chart in the link below showing almost half of Americans not paying taxes now:

http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/19/chart-of-the-week-nearly-half-of-all-americans-dont-pay-income-taxes/

Politicians of all persuasions must be celebrating – whether you’re President Obama, calling to tax the top 1%, or Ron Paul and Michelle Bachman who call for a zero percent tax rate, we’re halfway to that political nirvana where everything is free and everyone is happy.