Nearly half of US households escape fed income tax

[jtemple]

Originally Posted by goof2

I would be curious to know how many people actually get paid by the government at tax time. By that I don't mean a refund, I am talking about people who end up with a positive balance from the government at the end of the year.

When I was in college, I used to get more back than I paid in. I qualified for Earned Income Credit.