47 percent is a reference to 2012 campaign. A bad joke.

Social Security and Medicare taxes are deducted from income but counted separately

Edit:
47 percent refers to federal income tax only

Brookings presents zero relevant statistics 📊 or figures or quantitative evidence to debunk the myth of 47 percent

If your income is below 40,000 bucks you will not pay any income tax. Maybe it’s 35,000. I forget the threshold.

I have heard other economists echo 47 percent or almost half.

The solution is a flat tax of 19 percent or the highest bracket should be 25 percent

Eliminate payroll taxes. Privatization of social security and Medicare. Eliminate Medicaid which is a handout for parasites