One-third of the adults in my household don’t pay any federal income tax.
As those of you who heard me last year when I first entered the 5th District race may recall, my mom has an apartment in my wife’s and my home. She is 78 and lives off Social Security. I think she earned every penny of it.
When I was in elementary school, my father lost his job and it took him several months to find a new one. So my mom went to work. She worked from 6 pm until 2 am. She chose those hours so she would be home when my brother and I returned from school and could also sleep a few hours before seeing us off in the morning. It couldn’t have been easy.
Now, however, she doesn’t pay any federal income tax. She is “dependent” on the government. Or so we are told. Well I say this not only because I love my mom but because I respect how she took responsibility for herself and her family 45 years ago:
Mitt Romney can take his candidacy and shove it.
