Who pays Taxes?

[About Taxes]

This is the first time I've heard that the "51% of the people paid no income tax in 2009" story is an aberation caused by the recession. In most normal years, the number is between 35 and 40%, for example, 37.9 percent of households paid no Income tax in 2007. Of course this doesn't include social security and medicare taxes, gas tax, sales taxes, sin taxes, all of which hit the poor harder than the wealthy.

Conservatives, who are always pushing for tax cuts, were pushing this story like its a bad thing that so many don't pay any income taxes but wouldn't more tax cuts lead to even more housholds paying no income taxes?

tnb