Romney comments echo GOP push to have all Americans pay taxes

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-gop-47-percent-taxes-20120918,0,83981.story

When Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney complained that 47% of Americans don't pay income taxes, he tapped into an increasingly common GOP criticism of the nation's current tax code.

Congressional Republicans have long complained that nearly half the country does not pay income taxes -- a group they are targeting as lawmakers consider an overhaul of the tax code next year.

GOP leaders have repeatedly said that all Americans should pay their fair share – “have some skin in the game,” as Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the House majority leader, has said, even if it’s just $1.