The bottom 40% of wage earners pay nothing in federal income tax

It sounds unbelievable to Ebbie and I guess it is.
- 40 % of all US-Americans (including babies, handicapped,...) I'd believe at once without another thought
- 40 % of all potential and real wage earners (that is those in the right age, including the unemployed, those in training like students,...) I could also believe
- 40 % of actual wage earners is a figure I refuse to believe without documentation.

Wolfgang