Question to Obama: If rich aren't paying their "fair share," then what's fair?

Washington Examiner ^ | 04/20/2011 | Philip Klein

[fieldmarshaldj]

All of it.

[goodnesswins]

Someone ask Obomba how come he took the MORTGAGE deduction on his house....when he isn’t even listed as an owner....????

[goodnesswins]

Someone ask Obomba how come he took the MORTGAGE deduction on his house....when he isn’t even listed as an owner...and doesn’t pay the taxes.????

[goodnesswins]

oops

[Last Dakotan]

Half the people in this country pay no income tax - how is that fair?

[denydenydeny]

That’s why Leftists love the phrase “fair.”

“Fair” is a term that has no legal meaning, because laws and contracts are supposed to be precise and exact. “Fair” is essentially an emotional term, and its amorphousness corrupts the law rather than enhances it.

[Rembrandt]

If “the RICH” were paying a rate of 99.9%, the “Paul’s” would still be screaming higher taxes on the rich. (Rob Peter to pay Paul).

[Jane Long]

When’s Obowmao going to insist that trust funds and foundations be taxed at the highest rate?

[pnh102]

0bama is in no place to complain that we are not paying our fair share as he paid only what, 26% of his income in federal taxes. Why didn’t he voluntarily pay the highest rate for his bracket?

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

So true. And fair has a very different meaning than ‘just’. People should pay ther just share, not ‘fair’ share.

[BelegStrongbow]

No matter what rates are forced on the well-compensated, they will simply adjust their earnings platform so that they pay more or less the same fraction of earnings in taxes as ever. This should be the lesson of the Clinton/Bush table.

[FlingWingFlyer]

What the hell is “fair” about the Earned Income Tax Credit. People being “refunded” big money that they never even put into the system. In Arizona, we call that bull****!

[cyclotic]

I did some figuring the other day. The 400 billionaires in the US have a net worth of $1.3 trillion. There are 3,000,000 millionaires. Assume each has $1,000,000 in net worth. Additionally there are 30,000 people worth over $30 million. Assuming the loser took all their net worth (putting millions of people employed by these people out of work) he would only get about $2 trillion.

[seowulf]

“Fair” is essentially an emotional term

Yes, and in this instance that emotion is jealousy.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Which is the whole fallacy of this taxing the rich nonsense. Taking everything would still not be enough to pay the bills the left racks up.

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[Kickass Conservative]

As long as Obama and the rest of his rich Liberal friends itemize on their Tax Forms, they should STFU.

Watching Obama with his “aw shucks” crap about looking at his Tax Form and having a WTF moment with all the money he was paying in Taxes made me want to throw up.

Obama is nothing more than a pencil necked liar manipulating the Useful Idiots who adore him.

[silverleaf]

He and Jeff Immelt should come up with a joint presser about what is a “fair” share of income to pay in taxes.

Exactly how much money should the “rich” give the government to be left alone and in peace.

[mmercier]

Fairness dicated through legal mechanism is a false concept based on the ability to take by those with less from those with more under statutory authority.

Fairness is incidental manifestation of justice. Justice is blind. The terror of those who preach fairness, because she is impartial.

Death centered culture, utilizing any controlled state mechanism and function available at any given point in space/time screaming for fairness is an unjust thing.

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