of the federal income taxes. the taxes collected by the federal government. under president bush, the nation's wealthiest taxpayers got big breaks, but president obama has been pushing tax cuts for poorer americans and tax increases on the wealthiest. everyone gets hit pieing a lot of the other taxes. federal payroll tax, ex-zeiss tax, gasoline, alcohol, as well as state and local taxes. when it comes to the federal government's biggers soft of income, almost half of all american households pay not one thin dime. here's the question. is it right that almost half of american households pay no federal income taxes? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my blog. >> i didn't know it got that high. >> 47%. did you file your taxes yet? >> i did. >> did you get a refund? >> a little. not much. >> how much? >> i pay so much in taxes.