welcome back to hardball ? who are the 47% that mitt romney says would, never take responsibility. david brooks asked the same question and wonders, is it the iraq war veteran who goes to the va, veterans administration? is it the student getting a loan to go to college? is it the retiree on social security or medicare? tease a in 201146.4% of households paid no federal income tax so romney is correct there. let s zer o in on what that grop is. what about the people who paid neither federal income tax or federal tax, that smaller group, 10% are elderly and 7% are nonelderly, earning under 27,000 a year.